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A United Kingdom a United Kingdom Study Guide A UNITED KINGDOM A UNITED KINGDOM German certification minimum age 6 recommended for 13 years and older Language English with German subtitles Country, Year Great Britain C!ech "e#ublic $%& '(16 "unning time 111 min) *irected by &mma &sante %tarring *a+id ,yelowo -%eretse .hama/, "osamund 0i1e -"uth 2illiams/, 3ac1 *a+en#ort -%ir &listair Canning/, 4om 5elton -"ufus Lancaster/, Laura Carmichael -6uriel 2illiams) and others What A UNITED KINGDOM is about London 1789) :;a+e you e+er been in lo+e<=, the young british woman asks her companion) :No, but then "uth 2illiams came my way=, is his response) But :& $nited .ingdom“ is far from an ordinary lo+e story) %eretse .hama is not only from Botswana, he is also the heir to the Botswanan throne) *espite the #olitical, social and familial reser+ations, %eretse and "uth get married, e+en before returning to %eretse?s nati+e land) ,nce bac1 home, %eretse clashes with his uncle 4she1edi, the reigning 1ing. Considering the neighbouring country of %outh &frica and its &#artheid regime, a light@skinned Aueen may be considered a wrong signal. Not only the furious 1ing wants the marriage anulled, for fear of losing economical ties with %outh &frica, the british #rotectorate?s leadershi# joins the #rotest) &mma &sante?s bio#ic is based on true e+ents and deals with racism by telling an intimate lo+e story) ,ne of the main story elements is %outh &frica?s &#artheid regime, that slowly inCuences the neighbouring country of Botswana and e+en the relationshi# between Euro#e and the former british #rotectorate 1nown as Botswana) De film also deals with the discrimination "uth eE#eriences in &frica due to her light skin color) *espite all that, %eretse and "uth #ro+e to be loyal and strong-willed #artners and lead an exemplary fight for freedom and justice) & fight that director &mma &sante ca#tures and shows in intensely eE#ressi+e and strong imagery) De following work sheets deal with · Fmportant terms -&#artheid, for example/ that inspire further research · De #roblem of racism as illustrated by the conCict between %eretse and his uncle 4she1edi · De interests and #olitics of the $nited .ingdom and how they sha#e the de+elo#ment of Botswana for se+eral years to come · ;ow the seemingly ho#eless situation surrounding %eretse and "uth is eE#ressed through recurring +isual motifs and the constriction of the #icture frame Publishing information 0ublisherG &uthorG &G Kino – Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater %tefan StileIo "an1estraJe 31 stileIoLfilme@[email protected] 1(9K7 Berlin 0hoto creditsG &lamode -&ll the stills ser+e as image quotations, to enable study of the film’s content, and not as illustrations.) Terms EE#lain the following terms: Apartheid olonialism Prote!torate Exile #eretse Khama and his un!le Tshe$edi Khama & se+ere conCict grows between %eretse and his uncle 4she1edi) Clarify the #ositions the two are ta1ing. 4a1e into consideration how they see their role as leaders and how they define their responsibilites for their #eo#le) #eretse Khama Tshe$edi Khama % $sing the following image, describe how the conCict between %eretse and 4she1edi is told +isually) MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM *iscuss in class: 2hich arguments brought forth by %eretse and 4she1edi .hama are comprehensible and solid? &lso, talk about the rights of an indi+idual #erson and how they may clash with that #erson?s responsibilites and the welfare of the #ublic) No man is free&& :No man is free who is not the master of himself=, is said by %eretse .hama twice during the film. EE#lain, how this sentence has a #ersonal as well as a #olitical meaning. Personal meaning Politi!al meaning % Great Britain(s interests Botswana has been a british #rotectorate since 1KKO) *iscuss the #olitical interests that the British #ursue in :& $nited .ingdom“ and what methods they use to achie+e them. 2hat conclusions can be drawn concerning the idea of man that was #re+alent at that time -the film’s action begins in 1789/? &lso talk about the general #olitics of colonial #owers and the conseAuences for the coloni!ed countries and their de+elo#ment) on)e*ing feelings b* using images ,+er and o+er, obstacles are #ut in %eretse?s and "uth?s way) 2ith the help of the following images, examine how their feelings and situations are eE#ressed +ia imagery) 1 ' MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 3 8 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Obituaries for #eretse Khama and +uth Williams Khama %eretse .hama died on 3uly 13th, 17K() "uth 2illiams .hama on 6ay ''nd, '((') 0ic1 one of them and write an obituary, focussing on brieCy describing their li+es and what they achie+ed) Fn addition to the e+ents de#icted in film, also include further important details and milestones in their li+es. -De most important biogra#hical info can be found on the German and English 2i1i#edia/.
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