Amma Asante — Director (5)

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A Way of Life (2004)
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At 17 Leigh-Anne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that Social Services are going to take her daughter, Rebecca, away from her. Her behaviour becoming increasingly desperate as her delusions over her neighbour grow.

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The Billion Dollar Spy (2022)
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other title: 十亿美元间谍 / Billion Dollar Spy
Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risks everything to pass thousands of pages of top-secret Soviet intelligence to the U.S. Despite repeated rejections by a wary CIA, Tolkachev persisted, embodying the courage to stand against a regime that betrayed its own people. Finally, finding an ally in CIA agent Tom Lenihan, Tolkachev was able to fundamentally shift the balance of power, proving that true patriotism lies not in blind allegiance but in the willingness to challenge a government when it strays from its ideals.

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A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom
★ 5.7 7 ratings
阿马·阿桑特 / Amma Asante actor: 大卫·奥伊罗 / David Oyelowo …
other title: 联合王国 / 爱无惧色(港) …
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.

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Belle (2013)
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★ 7.2 21 ratings
阿马·阿桑特 actor: 马修·古迪 / 劳拉·朱利安-博克斯 …
other title: 벨 / ベル-ある伯爵令嬢の恋- …
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.