Amma Asante is the director of the critically acclaimed films A Way of Life, Belle (starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw), and A United Kingdom (starring David Oyelowo). She released Where Hands Touch (starring Amandla Stenberg) in 2017. Asante is only the second British Black woman (following Ngozi Onwurah) to have directed a feature-length film that was given theatrical distribution in the UK. She is also the first Black woman director to win a BAFTA.
Films
Where Hands Touch
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(2018)
A coming of age story about a biracial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.
A United Kingdom
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(2016)
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Belle
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(2013)
Inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.
A Way of Life
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(2004)
Seventeen-year-old LeighAnne Williams has a six-month-old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who sell stolen gear to make ends meet. A Turkish neighbor across the street becomes a target of her growing paranoia that Social Services are going to take her daughter away from her.
