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Amma Asante Honoured With MBE By Queen of England

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Ghanaian-British Filmmaker Amma Asante has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Asante was awarded for her services to the film industry. An MBE is Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and is an award given by the Queen to an individual for outstanding service to the community … Read more

Amma Asante On ‘A United Kingdom’ and Her Father’s Stories

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Amma Asante’s previous directing credits include “Belle” and “A Way of Life.” Both films premiered at TIFF. Asante has been named by Variety as one of the Top Ten Directors to Watch, and received the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a Writer/Director in a Debut Film for “A Way of Life.” She … Read more