Summary: Amma Asante (director) and David Oyelowo (actor/producer) at The Landmark in West Los Angeles. Moderated by Nicole Sperling (Entertainment Weekly). Film synopsis: A United Kingdom is the true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana (David Oyelowo, Selma) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl), a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history. Directed by Amma Asante (Belle) and written by Guy Hibbert (Eye in the Sky), A United Kingdom also stars Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Terry Pheto, Jessica Oyelowo, Arnold Oceng and Anastasia Hille.
