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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 46 min. 1 sec.) ; 620772387 bytes |
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He was an Oxford-educated African king, while she was a white Englishwoman working as a clerk at Lloyd's of London. Their 1948 marriage, which caused scandal in Apartheid-stricken South Africa and the British protectorate of Bechuanaland (later Botswana), is the subject of this period drama. In 1965, Seretse Khama became independent Botswana's first president. He was also kgosi (king) of the Bamangwato people, having been crowned at the age of four in 1925. Ruth Williams would go on to be the first lady of Botswana between 1966 and 1980 |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Classification PG ACMA |
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Khama, Ruth, 1924- 2002.
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Interracial marriage.
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Racism.
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Scandals -- Political aspects.
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Khama, Seretse, Sir, 1921-1980.
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Politics and government.
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United States.
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United Kingdom.
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Czech Republic.
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Drama
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Streaming video
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Asante, Amma, director
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Ayivor, Abena, actor
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Carmichael, Laura, actor
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Davenport, Jack, actor
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Felton, Tom, actor
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Hille, Anastasia, actor
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Hope, Charlotte, actor
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Kunene, Vusi, actor
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Landey, Theo, actor
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Lowden, Jack, actor
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Lyndhurst, Nicholas, actor
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Oceng, Arnold, actor
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Oyelowo, David, actor
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Oyelowo, Jessica, actor
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Pheto, Terry, actor
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Pike, Rosamund, actor
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