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Title A united kingdom [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Pathé, BBC Films, Ingenious Films and BFI present ; with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+ ; a Yoruba Saxon/Harbinger Pictures/Perfect Weekend/Film United production ; directed by Amma Asante ; screenplay by Guy Hibbert ; produced by Rick McCallum, David Oyelowo, Peter Heslop, Brunson Green, Justin Moore-Lewy, Charlie Mason ; an Amma Asante film.

Publication Info. [Los Angeles, California] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD United    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent
video v rdamedia
videodisc vd rdacarrier
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda
video file DVD video region 1 rda
Motion picture.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1, 2.39:1 widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video.
Cast David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Credits Cinematography, Sam McCurdy; editors, Jon Gregory, Jonathan Amos; music, Patrick Doyle.
Note Based upon the book "Colour bar" by Susan Williams.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Wide screen (2.39:1).
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality.
Summary Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
Note Bonus features: Making of; Filming in Botswana; The legacy of Seretse and Ruth; London Film Festival opening night gala premiere; theatrical trailer.
Subject DVD-Video discs.
Khama, Seretse, Sir, 1921-1980 -- Drama.
Khama, Ruth, 1924-2002 -- Drama.
Presidents -- Botswana -- Drama.
Presidents' spouses -- Botswana -- Drama.
Interracial marriage -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Interracial marriage -- Botswana -- Drama.
Racism -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Botswana -- Politics and government -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964 -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- Drama.
Africa -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Added Author Asante, Amma, 1969-
McCallum, Rick, 1952-
Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
Davenport, Jack, 1973-
Felton, Tom, 1987-
Hibbert, Guy, 1950-
Heslop, Peter (Producer).
Green, Brunson, 1967-
Moore-Lewy, Justin.
Mason, Charlie.
Oyelowo, David, 1976-
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Williams, A. Susan. Colour bar
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Pathé Productions.
BBC Films.
Ingenious Media.
British Film Institute.
Studio Canal+.
Ciné+ (France).
Yoruba Saxon Productions.
Harbinger Pictures (Firm).
Perfect Weekend (Firm).
Film United (Firm).
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
ISBN 9786316824097
Standard No. 024543379072
Music No. 2337907 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

 
    
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