Film at the Public Hall

A United Kingdom

The BBC Film "A United Kingdom", starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, will be shown at the Public Hall on Saturday, February 18th.

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start – tickets (£5 each) are available at McKelvey's, or can be purchased at the door.

The film has a 12A certificate.

A local report from Market Drayton said it was really good and they were sad when it finished.

A United Kingdom tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

A United Kingdom opened the BFI London Film Festival 2016.

You can see the BBC "blurb" for the film here.

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