For ESSENCE’s March issue cover story on Ava DuVernay, Oyelowo praised the Oscar-nominated director and dished on their friendship. Ava DuVernay’s Selma is one of the most acclaimed and beloved films of the last five years, it also marks another collaboration with actor David Oyelowo, who appeared in DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere .
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Movie review: Oyelowo, Pike breathe life into star-crossed lovers in – A United Kingdom’
The opening subtitle, “Based on a true story,” can cover a multitude of movie sins, but in “A United Kingdom,” it unlocks the door to a romantic drama that grows more remarkable by the minute. While lovers faced with daunting obstacles is a dramatic tradition going back to Romeo and Juliet, if not further, the real-life barriers facing Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams when they fell in love in 1947 London were unusually intimidating.
David Oyelowo talks ‘United Kingdom,’ diversity, women directors
David Oyelowo talks ‘United Kingdom,’ diversity, women directors “I find it disturbing how marginalized women are in the director’s chair,” the actor says. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2leFoX3 Based on a true story from the 1940s, a Botswana prince is threatened and ridiculed when he marries a white woman from London.
You can find ‘Moonlight’ star Andre Holland on Broadway
There was someone important missing when the cast and creators of the film “Moonlight” joyfully crowded a Los Angeles-area stage last month to accept the Golden Globe for best film drama. That was rising star Andre Holland and he had a very good reason to skip the party: He was across the country, working his current job – the August Wilson play “Jitney” on Broadway.