I also realized in reading the story I had never seen an African love story of this cinematic scope.
It spoke to me as an African, as a man, as a romantic.
British distributor Pathe (Selma) financed and will release it internationally.
Tell me what you think,' he says.
She wrote me back the most impassioned e-mail: I dont know who these people are.
I dont know what theyve done with their lives.
But Im so moved by them, tell me more.'
Yes, Im married to a white lady who I love deeply.
Lets not be naive.
And it seems the love between Seretse and Ruth was able to move disparate cultures and countries.
They ended up reshaping their nation through their love, adds Oyelowo.
Botswana is a different country for the fact that these two people got married.
It has a different relationship to race, partly because of them.
That in and of itself is miraculous.
Pathe plans to takeA United Kingdomto the Berlin Film Festival and is anticipating a fall release.
