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Pathé International unveil the First Trailer for Amma Asante’s A UNITED KINGDOM ahead of November release


25 August 2016

Ahead of its release this November, The Fan Carpet are delighted to present the First Trailer for Amma Asante’s A UNITED KINGDOM courtesy of Pathé International.

Starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, the film tells the incredible true story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.

Amma Asante’s A UNITED KINGDOM is set to open on 25 November 2016 at cinemas across the UK and Ireland through Pathé. The film tells the true story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.

A UNITED KINGDOM is directed by Asante (Belle) from a screenplay by Guy Hibbert (Eye in the Sky), based on the book Colour Bar by Susan Williams. The cast is led by David Oyelowo (Selma) as Seretse Khama, with Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) playing his future wife Ruth Williams. Other cast includes Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean), Terry Pheto (Mandela), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Arnold Oceng (Adulthood), Jack Lowden (’71) and Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey).

The film is produced by Rick McCallum (Star Wars), David Oyelowo, Justin Moore-Lewy, Brunson Green (The Help) and Charlie Mason. The film is executive produced by Pathé’s Cameron McCracken, BBC Films' Christine Langan, the BFI’s Ben Roberts, Ingenious Media’s Eleanor Clark Windo and Guy Hibbert.

 

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The film is a Pathé, BBC Films, BFI, Ingenious presentation with the participation of Canal + and Cine + of a Yoruba Saxon/Harbinger Pictures/Perfect Weekend/ Film United Production of a film by Amma Asante.

Pathé is distributing the film in the UK and France and is handling sales throughout the rest of the world.

 

The film will receive its European premiere on Wednesday 5 October at the Odeon Leicester Square, attended by cast and filmmakers with Asante, David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike expected on the red carpet. There will be a live cinecast from the London event and simultaneous screenings taking place at cinemas across the UK.

Keep up-to-date with A UNITED KINGDOM on the Official Website, Facebook and Twitter: @AUnitedKingdom

A United Kingdom Film Page

A UNITED KINGDOM IS OPENING THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL AND IS OUT IN CINEMAS NOVEMBER 25

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