AMMA ASANTE

WHERE HANDS TOUCH (2019)
Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, Alec Newman, Will Attenborough and Tom Goodman-Hill. Directed by Amma Asante.

Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the colour of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk. An original coming of age story through the eyes of a bi-racial teen as she witnesses the persecution of Jews and those deemed "non-pure".

REVIEWS Where Hands Touch - A romantic snooze

A UNITED KINGDOM (2016)
Starring Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Tom Felton and Laura Carmichael. Directed by Amma Asante.

In 1947, Seretse Khama, the King of Botswana, fell in love with Ruth Williams, a London office worker. Their marriage was opposed not only by their respective families but also by the British and South African governments. But Seretse and Ruth defied family, apartheid and Empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed the poorest country in Africa into one of its most peaceful and prosperous.

REVIEWS A United Kingdom - A powerful and important true love story

BELLE (2014)
Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Tom Felton, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Miranda Richardson. Directed by Amma Asante.

Belle follows the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a young woman who was raised alongside her English cousin as an aristocrat in 18th century England. Dido is from noble blood, but is also the child of a negress slave. As both children blossom into womanhood, the issue of how to find a suitable marriage for the beautiful and accomplished young woman begins to surface. While Lord Mansfield presides over the famous Somersett’s Case, an influential case in the abolition of slavery in England, Dido meets the handsome John Davinier, and their mutual attraction begins to draw strong attention.

REVIEWS Belle - A beautiful portrait of an important woman
Belle - Historical romance and lessons from the past

WHERE HANDS TOUCH (2019)
Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, Alec Newman, Will Attenborough and Tom Goodman-Hill. Directed by Amma Asante.

Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the colour of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk. An original coming of age story through the eyes of a bi-racial teen as she witnesses the persecution of Jews and those deemed "non-pure".

REVIEWS Where Hands Touch - A romantic snooze