David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike in “A United Kingdom” trailer (video) December 8, 2016 - 15:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer for A United Kingdom, and it offers a closer look at David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike's international romance, The Hollywood Reporter said. Written by Guy Hibbert and adapted from Susan Williams' book Colour Bar, Amma Asante's historical drama tells the story of Seretse Khama (Oyelowo), a member of the royal family in Bechuanaland, a former English colony in Africa that would become Botswana. He shocked the world when he married white British bank clerk Ruth Williams (Pike) in 1948, when interracial marriage was illegal. "Father will hate him on sight — he's cleverer than him, and he's black," Pike is told by her sister in the new trailer, which also shows how the two first met in a jazz club. The naysaying continues: "Who do you think will accept you, as if it were your right to be our queen?" says one African resident, as another echoes, "We need him more than you — let him go." Yet Oyelowo asserts at the end of the preview, "I am ready to serve you because I love my people. I love this land, but I love my wife." A United Kingdom hits theaters Feb. 17. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |