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Film review: A United Kingdom

Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo star in A United Kingdom. Photo by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Amma Asante’s latest film A United Kingdom explores the true story of a 1940s relationship between the prince of Botswana and a London office worker, but Dr Janice McRandal delves deeper into the colonial dimensions of the romantic drama. Drawing on the little-known and true-life romance between Sir Sereste Khama and Ruth Williams Khama, A United Kingdom is a beautifully ...

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March to equality

Selma, Directed by Ava DuVernay Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson 2014, M. Photo by StudioCanal.

The list of Martin Luther King Jr’s achievements is long, and he looms large in our collective consciousness as a champion of civil rights and nonviolent, direct action. King was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and played a major role in achieving a great shift in civil rights in America. For his great many achievements he is honoured ...

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