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’s new movie ‘A United Kingdom’ will premiere in the United States of America today. She spoke to Charlie Rose about what makes the movie unique and more. A United Kingdom is based on the true story of Botswana’s first president, Seretse Khama, who fell in love with a London office worker, Ruth Williams, who became … Read more
Amma Asante at the premiere of her movie ‘A United Kigdom’ ‘A United Kingdom’ directed by Ghanaian-British Filmmaker Amma Asante premiered last night in Botswana. It comes on the back of the movie’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) days ago. In attendance were Terry Pheto, Abena Ayivor, Britain’s Prince Andrew and … Read more
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