David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Queen Of Katwe. London, United Kingdom - Sunday 9th October 2016
Jessica Oyelowo
Jessica Oyelowo
Jessica Oyelowo at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of 'A United Kingdom', London, United Kingdom - Wednesday 5th October 2016
A United Kingdom Trailer
Once upon a time, a handsome, intelligent man fell in love with an equally clever and intelligent woman, the couple married and lived happily ever after. Ruth Williams and Seretse Khama met in Britain in 1947, he was a young man training to be a barrister and she was a clerk working for Lloyds of London.
The pair immediately felt an affinity for one another and courted for a year before Seretse and Ruth married. As well as being an interracial couple, Seretse has a lot more to his past than Ruth ever knew. Seretse is a prince of Bechuanaland and lives a hugely important life in a county that feels a whole world away from the comparatively cosmopolitan London.
Though Ruth and Seretse married - much against the advice of all their peers - apartheid in South Africa, the people of Bechuanaland and the British government all played a part in keeping Sertse from his birth right and went to extreme lengths to have the couple extradited from the country.
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Video - Carmen Ejogo Appears At The New York Premiere Of 'Selma' - Part 2
The New York premiere of 'Selma' was held at the Ziegfeld Theatre on 14th December 2014. The red carpet arrivals saw a host of actors and actresses posing for pictures, including English actress/actors spouses Jessica and David Oyelowo. British singer and actress Carmen Ejogo was also in attendance.
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A United Kingdom Trailer
Once upon a time, a handsome, intelligent man fell in love with an equally clever...
