Amma Asante
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She put her mark on The Handmaid’s Tale. Now the British director is working on Mrs America, which stars Cate Blanchett as an infamous anti-feminist. But that’s not who’s caught Asante’s eye
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2 out of 5 stars.
First look review Where Hands Touch review – interracial Nazi romance is a well-intentioned bore
2 out of 5 stars.Amma Asante follows up A United Kingdom with a potentially fascinating yet ultimately uninvolving story of a biracial German girl falling for a Nazi
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This was familar but pleasurable fare as modern-day confectioners were given the task of making sweets the 16th-century way. Plus: Amma Asante on The South Bank Show
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A journey into blindness, strange magic from Japan, and an Iranian spine-tingler are among the year’s must-sees
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week A United Kingdom review – black king to white queen…
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Reportage from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign; the dispossessed of Johannesburg; and stars of stage and screen – all feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer this monthGallery
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Oyelowo, star of Selma and A United Kingdom, says he is ‘hellbent’ on explaining black history through period movies to help Britain understand itself
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British director and its star David Oyelowo talked about the importance of making the film in Botswana, multiculturalism and film’s continuing lack of diversity
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As her movie A United Kingdom opens the London film festival, the British director talks about why the industry needs to change
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Director of A United Kingdom says that women are pigeonholed into making ‘certain types of movies’ due to ‘misguided distrust’ from executives
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With the work of black artists at the heart of this year’s London film festival, the organisers are celebrating a success that’s long overdue
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The actor, who has two films directed by women premiering at Tiff, also attacks British period films for not featuring black characters and says he will always ‘be an advocate for diversity’
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4 out of 5 stars.
First look review A United Kingdom review: Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in fine romance
4 out of 5 stars.A strange, shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Assante to make this earnestly stirring Empire drama
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David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star as real-life couple Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams, who caused an international outcry when they married in 19482:24
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Amma Asante follows Belle with period tale of interracial relationship starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo
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This much I know Amma Asante: ‘When my parents came to the UK, signs on doors said: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’