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Everyone is intimidated by a shark. Become
a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM

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'My dear nephew...

3
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'...as your uncle and guardian,

4
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'my task is to inform you

5
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'that is now time for you
to return home to Bechuanaland.

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'To use the knowledge that you have
gained from your time in England

7
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'to ensure the advancement of our people,

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'our nation.

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'You left a boy,
now you must return a man.

10
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'Arrangements have begun.

11
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'I am filled with joy
for our reunion and our future.

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<i>'Pula.'</i>

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Seretse, are you okay? Teach him a lesson.

14
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You monkey!

15
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You didn't see that coming.

16
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- That was not a fair fight.
- You were too predictable.

17
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Come on. We'll be late for class.

18
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# I'm going nowhere, getting no place

19
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# Making no time with nobody

20
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# No, baby

21
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# Nobody, but you...

22
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Can you draw up my dress?

23
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I saw Teddy at the bus stop.

24
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He's been so down,
since you ended it with him.

25
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Oh, well, he knows it's for the best.
We wanted different things.

26
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Is that what you're wearing tonight?

27
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Muriel, I can't go
to the Missionary Society dance.

28
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- They're your friends, not mine.
- Oh, come on.

29
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'Indians will go to their beds
as subjects of the Queen,

30
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'and awake to a new day.'

31
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The next day they'll awake to wish
we were running the place again.

32
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Bye.

33
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- See you later.
- Are you going, Ruth?

34
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- Yes, Dad.
- What for?

35
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She's keeping me company.

36
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- Well, mind yourselves.
- Hmm, don't come back a missionary.

37
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Ah, Muriel! Thank you.
We are a little short this evening.

38
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Oh, I've brought my sister, Ruth.

39
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How nice of you to come.

40
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Oh!

41
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- Would you like to dance with me?
- Of course, Ade.

42
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It would never happen. It's futile.

43
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So, there'll be bloodshed.

44
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A fight doesn't always
have to be about violence.

45
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Understand the imperialist mind,

46
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and you can outmanoeuvre it.

47
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Isn't that why we are all here?

48
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There is an Africa that doesn't have
to be about white or black exclusion.

49
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An Africa that is about
unity, inclusion and equality.

50
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That's the original idealist!

51
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Would you like to dance?

52
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Thank you very much.

53
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What's this song supposed to be?

54
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I don't know,
but they are utterly butchering it.

55
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I've been trying to work out the melody
since they began.

56
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Sorry. I...

57
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I do love jazz, but I've never trusted
an Englishman to play it.

58
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Would you like to dance?

59
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Rather lively, wasn't it?

60
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It was good fun. Where's he from?

61
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Oh, everybody adores Seretse.

62
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He's over from Bechuanaland.

63
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- What's he studying?
- Law. Like the rest.

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Just looking at this claim. A small error,
if you could just do it again...

65
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Hmm.

66
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Oh, there's a parcel for you over there.

67
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Who is Mr Khama?

68
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Oh, my goodness.

69
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# I'm gone buzzin'...

70
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Ruth!

71
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He's invited me to a dance.

72
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He says he can get another ticket
if you'd like to take me.

73
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I wouldn't like to take you.

74
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I haven't danced like that
since I left home.

75
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Well, then I'm so pleased
we're doing this.

76
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I'm so pleased to have agreed to come to
a dance with a man I know nothing about!

77
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Who are you, Mr Khama?

78
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Well, I, uh...

79
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I grew up with my little sister, Naledi.

80
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Our mother and father died
when... I was three.

81
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Oh, that's...

82
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Oh, no, no, no.
We, we were raised by my uncle.

83
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He's like a father to us.
We've been very fortunate.

84
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How about you? If I...

85
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If I were to ask you to tell me something
about you I couldn't possibly guess?

86
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We were evacuated to the countryside,
Muriel and I,

87
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but I couldn't bear the boredom.

88
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So I asked them
to take me at Friston, the airfield.

89
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I drove the crash ambulance for them.

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Ferrying the injured fighter pilots.

91
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I looked it up, you know, your country.

92
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The size of France
and 121,000 inhabitants.

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And one of the poorest countries
in the world.

94
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Is that right?

95
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We asked for the protection
of Queen Victoria.

96
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And she agreed. Eventually.

97
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It was that, or face invasion
from a racialist South Africa.

98
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- Sounds like no choice at all.
- What is the saying?

99
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"No man is free,
who is not master of himself."

100
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I wish we could see the stars.

101
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They take your breath away
back in Bechuanaland.

102
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It never fails to astonish me.

103
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You are cold.

104
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We should stop here.

105
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My father, he wouldn't approve.

106
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I'm just two streets away.
Can we do this again?

107
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I mean, meet?

108
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Is that too forward of me?

109
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No.

110
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- No, it...
- What?

111
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Queen Victoria...

112
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The man who negotiated for
her protection of Bechuanaland...

113
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he was my grandfather.

114
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A king.

115
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I am his heir.

116
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For more than 20 years, my uncle
has been on the throne as regent

117
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preparing me to rule.

118
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My education is now complete,

119
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and it is time for me to return.

120
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Oh. I see.

121
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Thank you. Thank you for explaining.

122
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Not simply disappearing.

123
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I quite understand.

124
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I have had a wonderful evening.

125
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Ruth.

126
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No, I-I-I don't think you do understand.

127
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I don't know what happened tonight.

128
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But I do know that I would hate to walk
away from you here in this moment,

129
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knowing that I wouldn't see you again.

130
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Well, then you must.

131
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See me again, I mean.

132
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Uh, Mr Khama?

133
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Thank you.

134
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Father will hate him on sight.

135
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He's clever than him and he's black.

136
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- Oh!
- Yes, yes, yes!

137
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Have you ever been in love?

138
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No.

139
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And then Ruth Williams came along.

140
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Look, it's a coon.

141
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Out of the zoo for a night.

142
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- Scum!
- Ignore him.

143
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Look who's talking! Cheap slut!

144
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- That's enough.
- Yeah?

145
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- Seretse...
- Don't!

146
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- Ruth...
- Oi! Get your black hands off what's ours!

147
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I'm not yours!

148
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Stop it! Get off him.

149
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Seretse...

150
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Black bastard!

151
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Move back!

152
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Savage!

153
00:13:07,027 --> 00:13:08,348
Oh, Ruth.

154
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They're yobs.
You can't let them get to you.

155
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No, I'm not even giving them
a second thought.

156
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Then what is it?

157
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It scares me a bit.

158
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The way he makes me feel.

159
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Ruth, he has to go back
to his own country.

160
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I know.

161
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Just let me enjoy it while it lasts.

162
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- Am I late?
- No. No, not at all.

163
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Is something the matter?

164
00:14:08,929 --> 00:14:12,973
I have been... thinking
about my responsibilities

165
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back home in Bechuanaland.

166
00:14:18,178 --> 00:14:20,741
There is so much that I need to do there.

167
00:14:24,464 --> 00:14:28,509
But I know that I will never
achieve anything worthwhile...

168
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...if I leave my heart here.

169
00:14:35,235 --> 00:14:38,789
Uh, I'm not asking for an answer
this, this very second.

170
00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,082
All I, all I ask of you is that you...

171
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...go away and, and think about it,

172
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because, uh, there...
there is a lot to think about.

173
00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:51,724
And...

174
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I don't need to think about it.

175
00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:12,513
I know I love you.

176
00:15:15,516 --> 00:15:17,110
And I know what you're asking.

177
00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:20,439
What it means.

178
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And yes.

179
00:15:23,443 --> 00:15:25,004
Yes.

180
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Yes, Seretse, I will marry you.

181
00:15:36,096 --> 00:15:38,659
White? British? Oh, God.

182
00:15:38,779 --> 00:15:40,453
And she's a salesman's daughter!

183
00:15:40,581 --> 00:15:43,702
I don't care if her mother sells fish
in the market! I love her!

184
00:15:43,824 --> 00:15:46,386
Aren't you supposed
to ask for your uncle's consent

185
00:15:46,547 --> 00:15:47,948
before you ask for her hand?

186
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And your people?

187
00:16:03,724 --> 00:16:05,125
'Dear Uncle...

188
00:16:06,326 --> 00:16:08,719
'...I realise this won't please you.

189
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'You and the tribe won't like it.

190
00:16:13,534 --> 00:16:16,210
'I have asked an Englishwoman to marry me.

191
00:16:18,298 --> 00:16:19,620
'A white woman.'

192
00:16:25,145 --> 00:16:26,421
It will not happen.

193
00:16:28,028 --> 00:16:29,383
It will.

194
00:16:32,232 --> 00:16:34,305
What in God's name is wrong with you?

195
00:16:34,955 --> 00:16:37,313
At least Muriel
only wants to convert them!

196
00:16:39,319 --> 00:16:40,390
I've said yes.

197
00:16:41,361 --> 00:16:43,720
- She might change her mind, George.
- She won't!

198
00:16:44,565 --> 00:16:46,923
Mum, I've met the man
I want to spend my life with.

199
00:16:47,047 --> 00:16:49,770
And how many other wives
do you think he's already got, eh?

200
00:16:50,811 --> 00:16:53,373
- You disgust me.
- George, don't.

201
00:16:53,534 --> 00:16:55,367
You think about this, Ruth.

202
00:16:55,536 --> 00:16:59,932
You marry a black,
you make it impossible for us.

203
00:17:01,261 --> 00:17:03,095
For your mother, for Muriel.

204
00:17:04,705 --> 00:17:07,461
You may choose
a life of insults and shame...

205
00:17:08,589 --> 00:17:09,944
...but what about us?

206
00:17:11,632 --> 00:17:13,067
We've only ever loved you.

207
00:17:13,233 --> 00:17:14,555
Father...

208
00:17:16,396 --> 00:17:17,957
I can't see you again.

209
00:17:18,959 --> 00:17:20,474
Not if you choose him.

210
00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:36,410
This... is not how I wanted it to be.

211
00:17:36,577 --> 00:17:38,376
You separated from your family.

212
00:17:40,581 --> 00:17:42,335
I have fears, Ruth.

213
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,855
Not just about this, but... my uncle.

214
00:17:44,985 --> 00:17:47,822
You can't take us all this way
to tell me you have fears!

215
00:17:47,948 --> 00:17:49,429
Not for me, for you!

216
00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,027
For everything
I am asking you to sacrifice.

217
00:17:52,192 --> 00:17:55,792
Can you... even imagine a life in Africa?

218
00:17:58,478 --> 00:17:59,834
Yes.

219
00:18:03,323 --> 00:18:06,444
We'll take it moment by moment, won't we?

220
00:18:08,689 --> 00:18:10,010
Together.

221
00:18:12,693 --> 00:18:13,969
Morning, ladies.

222
00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:16,486
An early tea break for you all.

223
00:18:17,257 --> 00:18:18,978
I need to speak to Miss Williams.

224
00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:30,109
Ruth, uh, there's a gentleman to see you.

225
00:18:32,833 --> 00:18:34,554
Good morning.

226
00:18:34,715 --> 00:18:36,515
I'll leave you to it.

227
00:18:36,957 --> 00:18:39,076
Sir Alistair Canning.

228
00:18:39,239 --> 00:18:42,634
I am the British Government
representative in southern Africa.

229
00:18:42,763 --> 00:18:45,360
And yet I find myself in London today.

230
00:18:46,246 --> 00:18:47,967
Because it is my duty to inform you

231
00:18:48,088 --> 00:18:50,526
that Mr Seretse Khama
has been gravely mistaken

232
00:18:50,691 --> 00:18:53,732
in believing he may take you as his wife.

233
00:18:54,655 --> 00:18:57,935
A marriage between you cannot take place.

234
00:18:58,739 --> 00:19:00,573
A chief cannot simply come to London,

235
00:19:00,741 --> 00:19:03,976
and pluck a girl out of a typing pool.

236
00:19:05,105 --> 00:19:06,507
I'm not a typist.

237
00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:11,304
Any union between you and Mr Khama
will have implications

238
00:19:11,431 --> 00:19:16,192
for the not-insignificant neighbouring
countries of Bechuanaland.

239
00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:17,587
Not least South Africa,

240
00:19:17,758 --> 00:19:22,792
the prime minister of which is currently
enshrining into law the policy of...

241
00:19:26,246 --> 00:19:27,807
The policy of apartheid.

242
00:19:30,010 --> 00:19:31,365
Do you know this word?

243
00:19:33,093 --> 00:19:34,414
No.

244
00:19:35,415 --> 00:19:38,297
No. Well, it is this...

245
00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:42,455
The black must live separately
from the white.

246
00:19:43,223 --> 00:19:47,221
He must attend
his own school, hospital, church,

247
00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:51,591
and he must never conjoin
with a white woman.

248
00:19:52,713 --> 00:19:54,068
Your entry in Africa with him

249
00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:58,955
would be seen as a flagrant disregard
for the current political climate.

250
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,641
It would be an act more powerful
than your limited experience

251
00:20:03,804 --> 00:20:05,798
will allow you to comprehend.

252
00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:10,485
We have already heard the presidents
of South Africa, southwest Africa

253
00:20:10,611 --> 00:20:12,444
and the Rhodesias.

254
00:20:12,573 --> 00:20:16,365
Yet all demanding that
this marriage not take place.

255
00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,174
As a matter of diplomatic necessity.

256
00:20:21,502 --> 00:20:23,017
I take it you need no more from me

257
00:20:23,143 --> 00:20:25,455
to confirm that
you will not marry this man.

258
00:20:30,831 --> 00:20:33,064
I will confirm nothing of the kind.

259
00:20:38,358 --> 00:20:40,033
Have you no shame?

260
00:20:44,685 --> 00:20:47,886
The British administration may dictate
many things in my country,

261
00:20:48,008 --> 00:20:50,206
but they will not dictate who I marry.

262
00:20:51,211 --> 00:20:53,934
They are trying to define us,
based on their rules,

263
00:20:54,054 --> 00:20:56,287
their idea of the world,
and how they see it.

264
00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:58,576
Seretse, do you hear yourself?

265
00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:02,255
These men are at the very top
of government. They're powerful.

266
00:21:02,422 --> 00:21:04,894
- Muriel, stop interfering.
- Stop it! Both of you!

267
00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:11,506
Ruth...

268
00:21:12,593 --> 00:21:14,552
Father won't talk to you.

269
00:21:14,675 --> 00:21:17,317
You're called a whore in the street,
and now this.

270
00:21:18,198 --> 00:21:20,396
You know how much I love Seretse.

271
00:21:21,201 --> 00:21:23,479
But you don't have to do this.

272
00:21:25,245 --> 00:21:27,808
Muriel, I've never wanted anything
like I want this.

273
00:21:46,306 --> 00:21:47,708
Enter.

274
00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:51,546
Sir.

275
00:21:52,753 --> 00:21:54,234
Mr Khama.

276
00:21:55,676 --> 00:21:56,997
Good morning.

277
00:21:58,398 --> 00:21:59,754
Sir Alistair Canning.

278
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,150
How do you do?

279
00:22:01,281 --> 00:22:04,961
I believe you've met my fiancée,
Ruth Williams.

280
00:22:05,085 --> 00:22:06,486
- Indeed.
- Sir.

281
00:22:07,207 --> 00:22:10,761
We are told you can provide us
with some information, Sir Alistair.

282
00:22:10,931 --> 00:22:12,491
Well, if I can,

283
00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,292
then I most certainly will.

284
00:22:16,096 --> 00:22:20,458
Who exactly has asked you to
interfere with my wish to marry?

285
00:22:21,702 --> 00:22:24,618
I will tell you... exactly.

286
00:22:26,587 --> 00:22:30,061
I received advice
from the Archbishop of Canterbury,

287
00:22:30,190 --> 00:22:34,188
who was instructed by the Secretary
of State for Commonwealth Affairs,

288
00:22:34,314 --> 00:22:38,757
who was himself instructed
by the solicitor, Douglas Buchanan,

289
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,154
who was, in turn,
instructed by his client,

290
00:22:43,283 --> 00:22:46,358
your uncle, Tshekedi Khama.

291
00:22:47,287 --> 00:22:48,689
So, you see...

292
00:22:51,251 --> 00:22:54,326
...everyone here, and in southern Africa,

293
00:22:55,215 --> 00:22:59,612
is acting entirely according
to the wishes... of your uncle.

294
00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:04,264
I knew he wouldn't take it well,
that he'd be angry with me,

295
00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:06,697
but why is he allowing himself
to be used by them?

296
00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:09,139
It's only you and I
who want us to be together.

297
00:23:09,269 --> 00:23:10,671
No one else.

298
00:23:12,032 --> 00:23:14,469
You are the only one
I want to spend my life with.

299
00:23:17,918 --> 00:23:20,389
There's nothing in law
that says we cannot marry.

300
00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:23,116
Have you got the rings?

301
00:23:35,375 --> 00:23:38,257
It is with pleasure
I pronounce you man and wife.

302
00:23:39,299 --> 00:23:41,258
May I offer you my congratulations?

303
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:52,350
Thank you so much.

304
00:24:49,249 --> 00:24:50,651
Mrs Khama...

305
00:24:54,174 --> 00:24:56,737
Mrs Khama, do you intend
to learn the native language?

306
00:24:56,897 --> 00:24:59,813
- I will try, yes.
- And I will give her plenty of help.

307
00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:04,098
Mr Khama, I hear your tribe are rebelling
against you bringing a white queen home,

308
00:25:04,224 --> 00:25:06,104
according to South Africa this morning.

309
00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:08,738
South Africa has her own agenda.

310
00:25:08,869 --> 00:25:10,942
Perhaps you should report on that.

311
00:25:11,111 --> 00:25:12,706
Thank you. That'll be all.

312
00:25:18,358 --> 00:25:19,714
Rebelling?

313
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,603
It's exaggeration. It has to be.

314
00:25:24,725 --> 00:25:28,723
'Bechuanaland chief from the southern
African British protectorate...'

315
00:25:28,849 --> 00:25:31,890
'Office girl, Ruth Khama,
will travel to Africa...'

316
00:25:32,052 --> 00:25:34,695
'Bechuanaland will meet
their new queen...'

317
00:26:06,006 --> 00:26:09,640
Mrs Khama... welcome.

318
00:26:14,334 --> 00:26:16,693
Will your family be coming to visit?

319
00:26:17,967 --> 00:26:19,522
Sir.

320
00:26:25,385 --> 00:26:28,826
Sir Alistair Canning wants to
meet before I see my uncle.

321
00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:01,622
Good afternoon, sir.

322
00:27:14,595 --> 00:27:17,909
I have special dispensation as the king.

323
00:27:18,038 --> 00:27:20,316
But we use a different entrance.

324
00:27:35,656 --> 00:27:36,977
Mr and Mrs Khama.

325
00:27:38,018 --> 00:27:40,091
Welcome, Mrs Khama.

326
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:42,015
Thank you.

327
00:27:42,182 --> 00:27:45,337
We didn't want to leave it too long
before Ruth could see her new home.

328
00:27:47,307 --> 00:27:49,380
What would you like to drink, Mrs Khama?

329
00:27:49,510 --> 00:27:51,264
Gin and lime would be lovely.

330
00:27:51,391 --> 00:27:53,511
We have lemonade for you, Mr Khama.

331
00:27:54,274 --> 00:27:57,908
You are aware of the prohibition
of alcohol for blacks in Bechuanaland?

332
00:28:00,521 --> 00:28:03,676
Well, if my husband is having lemonade,
then I will have lemonade.

333
00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:09,682
Ah, here he is! It's our new district
commissioner, Mr Rufus Lancaster.

334
00:28:09,890 --> 00:28:11,291
How do you do, Mr Khama?

335
00:28:11,411 --> 00:28:12,767
A pleasure.

336
00:28:13,574 --> 00:28:15,568
- Mrs Khama.
- How do you do?

337
00:28:16,977 --> 00:28:18,811
Let me pour you that lemonade.

338
00:28:20,581 --> 00:28:22,575
I've asked Mr Lancaster along

339
00:28:22,703 --> 00:28:24,936
to give you an assessment of affairs
in Serowe,

340
00:28:25,065 --> 00:28:28,949
in light of your meeting at the kgotla,
Mr Khama.

341
00:28:29,950 --> 00:28:32,308
You would like to tell me
how my people are feeling?

342
00:28:32,432 --> 00:28:36,225
80% of the people
support your uncle's refusal

343
00:28:36,356 --> 00:28:38,954
to accept your wife
as queen of your tribe.

344
00:28:41,602 --> 00:28:44,564
May I ask how you arrived
at that figure, Mr Lancaster?

345
00:28:44,685 --> 00:28:47,999
We are recommending that you resign
any claim to the chieftainship,

346
00:28:48,128 --> 00:28:51,044
and that you announce that fact
to your tribe with a meeting.

347
00:28:54,174 --> 00:28:57,011
The kgotla, Sir Alistair,

348
00:28:57,137 --> 00:28:59,860
is the place where
our tribal decisions are made,

349
00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:03,420
where every man has his say.

350
00:29:03,544 --> 00:29:08,145
There, and only there, can the support or
dissatisfaction of my people be measured.

351
00:29:08,308 --> 00:29:11,783
Where they will decide whether
they wish for me to remain king.

352
00:29:13,033 --> 00:29:16,427
I believe you call it democracy.

353
00:29:17,197 --> 00:29:20,797
Mr Khama, you understand
the risks you're taking.

354
00:29:20,961 --> 00:29:23,353
You're forcing the tribe to take sides.

355
00:29:23,483 --> 00:29:25,523
This could cause a dangerous divide.

356
00:29:25,646 --> 00:29:28,528
Make your country... ungovernable.

357
00:29:30,210 --> 00:29:33,890
And it would open up South Africa's
claim to annex Bechuanaland.

358
00:29:34,735 --> 00:29:37,047
Britain has long prevented it.

359
00:29:38,218 --> 00:29:39,939
But for how much longer?

360
00:29:41,662 --> 00:29:43,781
Lancaster just about got
through the evening

361
00:29:43,944 --> 00:29:46,542
without calling me an ungrateful nigger.

362
00:29:48,388 --> 00:29:51,350
Can they really hand over
an entire country just like that?

363
00:29:53,554 --> 00:29:54,909
They wouldn't risk it.

364
00:29:56,196 --> 00:29:59,317
Malan's regime has very little support
from the British public.

365
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,921
But you're worried.

366
00:30:03,964 --> 00:30:07,518
You know, I've seen the news reels.
I know what's happening in South Africa.

367
00:30:07,688 --> 00:30:10,604
It's poison,
and it's already affecting you here.

368
00:30:12,012 --> 00:30:13,242
That sign outside.

369
00:30:13,413 --> 00:30:15,054
You have those in England too.

370
00:30:15,175 --> 00:30:16,451
I know.

371
00:30:17,177 --> 00:30:19,615
No blacks, no Irish, no dogs.

372
00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:23,695
But I didn't expect it
in your own country.

373
00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:37,751
Come.

374
00:30:42,282 --> 00:30:45,643
It's your first night in Bechuanaland.
I don't want you to be sad.

375
00:30:47,968 --> 00:30:52,012
Let us not allow
the ugliness of this world

376
00:30:52,132 --> 00:30:53,853
to take our joy away from us.

377
00:31:16,517 --> 00:31:17,793
Another!

378
00:31:27,247 --> 00:31:28,922
Oh...

379
00:31:29,089 --> 00:31:31,322
- Shh, shh.
- What?

380
00:31:31,491 --> 00:31:35,011
Can you hear that?
It's the music from the bar.

381
00:31:36,777 --> 00:31:38,337
Dance with me.

382
00:31:44,024 --> 00:31:46,143
Whoo! Oh!

383
00:31:50,871 --> 00:31:52,226
What...? Ah!

384
00:32:35,556 --> 00:32:36,991
My home.

385
00:32:38,919 --> 00:32:40,320
Our home.

386
00:33:13,754 --> 00:33:15,907
White woman.

387
00:33:53,714 --> 00:33:55,388
Is that your mother?

388
00:33:57,037 --> 00:33:59,760
Uh, no.
No, that is my Uncle Tshekedi's mother.

389
00:34:01,041 --> 00:34:03,764
That is me on the day he became a regent.

390
00:34:35,075 --> 00:34:38,435
Uncle... this is Ruth.

391
00:34:38,599 --> 00:34:40,797
I'm very pleased to meet you, sir.

392
00:34:40,921 --> 00:34:42,801
I will speak to my nephew alone.

393
00:34:42,963 --> 00:34:45,765
Refreshments will be provided
for her in the house.

394
00:34:53,694 --> 00:34:57,008
Over two decades of preparing you
to be our king,

395
00:34:57,177 --> 00:34:59,011
and this is how you face me.

396
00:34:59,179 --> 00:35:00,900
A white woman by your side.

397
00:35:02,062 --> 00:35:04,295
- Uncle...
- Are you trying to tear us apart?

398
00:35:12,553 --> 00:35:15,434
I am Naledi, Seretse's sister.

399
00:35:16,036 --> 00:35:17,757
Naledi.

400
00:35:17,878 --> 00:35:20,715
- Seretse's told me so much.
- Please don't.

401
00:35:22,763 --> 00:35:24,403
Why would you do this to us?

402
00:35:24,565 --> 00:35:26,319
To yourself?

403
00:35:26,446 --> 00:35:29,887
Be somewhere and be something
that makes no sense to you?

404
00:35:31,932 --> 00:35:33,732
Look at them.

405
00:35:33,854 --> 00:35:35,734
They are fighting because of you.

406
00:35:38,258 --> 00:35:39,580
I mean you no harm.

407
00:35:41,101 --> 00:35:46,261
Do you understand what mother,
<i>mother,</i> of our nation means?

408
00:35:51,231 --> 00:35:54,831
I married Seretse's uncle
knowing my responsibility.

409
00:35:55,996 --> 00:36:00,598
That one day Seretse's wife
would be chosen from our nation,

410
00:36:00,761 --> 00:36:02,595
and I would hand over to her.

411
00:36:03,323 --> 00:36:07,446
We have waited years for the day
we would see her rule by his side.

412
00:36:09,049 --> 00:36:11,486
Your first duty is to your people.

413
00:36:11,612 --> 00:36:13,093
Your nation.

414
00:36:13,694 --> 00:36:15,448
Seretse, you're a son to me.

415
00:36:18,699 --> 00:36:21,774
Please... be my son.

416
00:36:24,865 --> 00:36:28,749
I will entertain you in my home,
if that is my husband's wish.

417
00:36:29,429 --> 00:36:31,708
But don't insult us.

418
00:36:31,832 --> 00:36:33,392
It's...

419
00:36:34,354 --> 00:36:37,395
...audacious of you to come here,

420
00:36:37,558 --> 00:36:39,198
and present yourself married,

421
00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:41,831
as if it were your right to be our queen.

422
00:36:42,523 --> 00:36:45,564
Who do you think will accept you? The men?

423
00:36:47,447 --> 00:36:50,488
- I...
- Us? The women?

424
00:36:51,491 --> 00:36:53,804
To have a white woman who we must love

425
00:36:53,934 --> 00:36:56,850
and trust and respect as our sovereign?

426
00:37:01,742 --> 00:37:03,336
Whoo.

427
00:37:03,463 --> 00:37:06,459
You belong to the whites,
but they won't want you, either.

428
00:37:08,348 --> 00:37:10,103
You insult us all.

429
00:37:16,837 --> 00:37:18,397
Let him go.

430
00:37:19,439 --> 00:37:20,795
We need him more than you.

431
00:37:24,765 --> 00:37:27,236
You will obey me,
and you will divorce her!

432
00:37:28,569 --> 00:37:29,924
No, sir.

433
00:37:30,851 --> 00:37:32,127
I will not.

434
00:37:46,627 --> 00:37:48,507
Then listen to me, boy.

435
00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:52,509
You will stand up
in the kgotla tomorrow...

436
00:37:53,914 --> 00:37:56,112
...and you will renounce your birthright.

437
00:37:57,077 --> 00:37:59,150
And any right to the throne.

438
00:38:15,656 --> 00:38:17,536
We've misjudged this, haven't we?

439
00:39:00,861 --> 00:39:03,857
Would the British have accepted it

440
00:39:03,984 --> 00:39:08,905
if Princess Elizabeth had come here,
and taken one of us

441
00:39:09,029 --> 00:39:10,863
as her husband?

442
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:15,194
A negro king of England. Can you imagine?

443
00:39:16,597 --> 00:39:18,670
She would have been refused!

444
00:39:19,479 --> 00:39:22,760
Every right on her claim to the throne
removed from her!

445
00:39:23,564 --> 00:39:26,206
Just as we must refuse my nephew here!

446
00:39:27,007 --> 00:39:30,447
If he does not divorce this white woman!

447
00:39:32,332 --> 00:39:35,773
Seretse... honour your people.

448
00:39:36,376 --> 00:39:38,655
Do not belittle your kingdom!

449
00:40:04,925 --> 00:40:11,087
Over there in the royal burial
ground lies my father...

450
00:40:12,372 --> 00:40:16,656
...his father and his father before him.

451
00:40:18,378 --> 00:40:21,659
If I had married a woman
of my uncle's choosing,

452
00:40:21,822 --> 00:40:25,615
he would, this day,
proudly be confirming me king,

453
00:40:25,746 --> 00:40:27,660
and the line of royal succession,

454
00:40:27,788 --> 00:40:29,143
centuries old,

455
00:40:29,269 --> 00:40:31,342
would remain unbroken.

456
00:40:32,392 --> 00:40:34,591
I am proud of my lineage,

457
00:40:34,715 --> 00:40:37,107
and I respect my uncle.

458
00:40:38,158 --> 00:40:42,794
But he does not have the right
to decide on my succession to the throne.

459
00:40:43,844 --> 00:40:46,999
I believe the people, and only the people,

460
00:40:47,848 --> 00:40:50,081
should have that right.

461
00:40:50,210 --> 00:40:53,969
My commitment to you has never diminished.

462
00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,571
But I am told that you no longer
wish for me to honour my duty

463
00:40:58,699 --> 00:41:00,339
to serve you as your king

464
00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:03,023
because of the colour of the wife
I have chosen.

465
00:41:05,025 --> 00:41:07,383
South Africa's racialist disease

466
00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:12,388
has infected
all our neighbouring countries and us.

467
00:41:12,553 --> 00:41:13,908
Look around you.

468
00:41:14,635 --> 00:41:17,551
Our schools, hospitals, churches

469
00:41:17,678 --> 00:41:21,277
all segregated in practice, if not in law.

470
00:41:21,842 --> 00:41:27,206
Are we now to uphold the abomination
that is apartheid in our own kgotla?

471
00:41:28,328 --> 00:41:32,646
The very same abomination that
has been oppressing us for decades?

472
00:41:33,413 --> 00:41:36,615
Is this to be the future for our Africa?

473
00:41:38,819 --> 00:41:42,133
We should not be fighting for segregation.

474
00:41:43,263 --> 00:41:45,940
We should be fighting for equality.

475
00:41:46,106 --> 00:41:48,749
That is where we should be
focusing our minds,

476
00:41:48,869 --> 00:41:53,186
not on the wife I have chosen,
who means you no harm,

477
00:41:53,313 --> 00:41:56,229
whose only apparent crime

478
00:41:56,356 --> 00:41:58,510
has been to fall in love with me!

479
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,357
And mine to fall in love with her.

480
00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:12,692
I cannot serve you without her by my side.

481
00:42:14,855 --> 00:42:17,053
But I cannot force you to accept this.

482
00:42:18,659 --> 00:42:20,937
Africa can never be free,

483
00:42:21,101 --> 00:42:24,815
until all those who live in her,
white and black,

484
00:42:24,945 --> 00:42:30,743
recognise that race must have
no bearing on equality and justice.

485
00:42:32,112 --> 00:42:34,071
I am ready to serve you

486
00:42:34,194 --> 00:42:36,666
because I love my people.

487
00:42:38,198 --> 00:42:39,998
I love this land!

488
00:42:43,323 --> 00:42:45,123
But I love my wife.

489
00:42:51,572 --> 00:42:54,328
And I shall respect your will.

490
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,633
Those who want Seretse as king,

491
00:43:22,763 --> 00:43:24,323
raise your hand.

492
00:43:55,395 --> 00:43:59,439
<i>Pula! Pula!</i>

493
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:04,241
<i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>

494
00:44:04,364 --> 00:44:08,648
<i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>

495
00:44:13,814 --> 00:44:15,808
<i>Pula, pula, pula, pula.</i>

496
00:44:30,751 --> 00:44:33,222
Ma, what are they shouting?

497
00:44:33,874 --> 00:44:35,275
<i>Pula.</i>

498
00:44:35,836 --> 00:44:37,351
It means "rain".

499
00:44:38,438 --> 00:44:40,512
They're celebrating.

500
00:44:40,641 --> 00:44:43,796
<i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>

501
00:44:44,685 --> 00:44:46,963
Accept the vote and conclude the meeting.

502
00:44:55,455 --> 00:44:57,369
Uncle!

503
00:44:58,859 --> 00:45:00,294
Uncle!

504
00:45:01,301 --> 00:45:02,578
Uncle.

505
00:45:06,867 --> 00:45:08,622
The British are not your allies.

506
00:45:10,110 --> 00:45:13,390
I know exactly what I'm doing,
and why I'm doing it.

507
00:45:13,514 --> 00:45:14,915
Do you, Seretse?

508
00:45:15,956 --> 00:45:18,314
Do you think she is your ally?

509
00:45:18,438 --> 00:45:22,322
Your grandfather had no option,
but to allow outsiders to rule us,

510
00:45:22,482 --> 00:45:27,164
but you... you bring this one
to rule our tribe by choice.

511
00:45:27,327 --> 00:45:29,765
What you are doing
is demeaning to your own people.

512
00:45:29,890 --> 00:45:31,690
This has nothing to do with love!

513
00:45:33,694 --> 00:45:39,331
So next time you look in the mirror,
ask yourself this:

514
00:45:39,499 --> 00:45:43,942
Were you not a king,
would she ever even looked at you?

515
00:45:46,026 --> 00:45:48,942
Now she knows there's
no Buckingham Palace in Serowe,

516
00:45:49,069 --> 00:45:52,463
how long before the village dust
gets in her eyes?

517
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:03,121
Now you will see how an empire
defends itself, Mr Khama.

518
00:46:56,256 --> 00:46:58,136
Where will he go?

519
00:47:00,060 --> 00:47:02,179
He will start a new settlement somewhere.

520
00:47:05,185 --> 00:47:07,179
It's our way to avoid conflict.

521
00:47:08,148 --> 00:47:10,426
We stay apart, but we stay at peace.

522
00:47:18,599 --> 00:47:21,116
'Let me show you the blood lilies.'

523
00:47:21,241 --> 00:47:24,282
- Something to discuss?
- Indeed.

524
00:47:24,444 --> 00:47:26,678
Come. We shall leave the men to it.

525
00:47:26,807 --> 00:47:30,805
My wife is capable of hearing what the
commissioner has to say, Mrs Lancaster.

526
00:47:34,615 --> 00:47:35,970
As you wish.

527
00:47:36,697 --> 00:47:39,009
Though what I have to say
she may not want to hear.

528
00:47:39,139 --> 00:47:40,460
Oh, but I do.

529
00:47:42,863 --> 00:47:44,218
There is going to be a delay

530
00:47:44,384 --> 00:47:47,459
in our acknowledgment
of your position as tribal chief.

531
00:47:48,749 --> 00:47:51,551
Your uncle is questioning your legitimacy.

532
00:47:51,672 --> 00:47:54,713
There is nothing to be questioned
in the decision of the kgotla.

533
00:47:54,835 --> 00:47:58,719
The approval of the kgotla
was for your position as chief,

534
00:47:58,839 --> 00:48:00,433
not the suitability of your wife.

535
00:48:00,561 --> 00:48:04,114
I made it quite clear that a vote
for me was also a vote for my wife.

536
00:48:04,244 --> 00:48:06,238
They knew what they were voting for.

537
00:48:06,406 --> 00:48:07,888
Did they?

538
00:48:08,929 --> 00:48:12,609
Mr Khama, Sir Alistair Canning
wants to be fair about this.

539
00:48:13,293 --> 00:48:15,811
It should reassure you to know
that he has appointed

540
00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:19,576
the Chief Justice of the High Commission
Territory, Sir Walter Harragin,

541
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:21,260
to conduct an enquiry.

542
00:48:21,461 --> 00:48:24,138
Into what? My wife?

543
00:48:24,264 --> 00:48:27,499
An enquiry that will prove that
our marriage has riled South Africa?

544
00:48:27,668 --> 00:48:29,502
South Africa is not the issue.

545
00:48:29,630 --> 00:48:33,263
Sir Alistair looked me square in the eye
in London and said that it was.

546
00:48:33,954 --> 00:48:35,788
Well, then you clearly misunderstood.

547
00:48:35,916 --> 00:48:37,716
Seretse, do I look like a fool to you?

548
00:48:37,838 --> 00:48:39,193
Not in the slightest.

549
00:48:40,921 --> 00:48:43,358
Commissioner,
to keep up this false pretence

550
00:48:43,524 --> 00:48:47,043
that this is not about Great Britain's
fears of South Africa's discontent

551
00:48:47,167 --> 00:48:50,129
and what that might mean for you
and your government...

552
00:48:51,652 --> 00:48:53,053
...is very distasteful.

553
00:48:53,173 --> 00:48:58,298
Mr Khama, neither you or I are privy
to discussions of the British Cabinet.

554
00:49:00,380 --> 00:49:02,339
But one thing you can be sure of

555
00:49:02,503 --> 00:49:05,225
are the conversations
that I am having with your uncle.

556
00:49:06,747 --> 00:49:08,945
And it is he who demanded this enquiry.

557
00:49:17,838 --> 00:49:21,312
Hey. Ooh.

558
00:49:24,525 --> 00:49:27,726
Did I ever tell you I didn't
just marry you for your good looks?

559
00:49:29,890 --> 00:49:31,291
Liar.

560
00:50:12,452 --> 00:50:13,774
Malaria.

561
00:51:03,784 --> 00:51:05,857
Six cattle died here ten days ago.

562
00:51:06,867 --> 00:51:09,942
Then three white men came,
and started drilling with a machine.

563
00:51:11,231 --> 00:51:15,515
We thought they had come here to
help us find water, but they ignored us.

564
00:52:15,736 --> 00:52:18,937
I need help with some shopping.
Can you come?

565
00:52:23,143 --> 00:52:24,545
It's okay.

566
00:52:44,565 --> 00:52:46,718
Let's get you the things you need.

567
00:52:55,736 --> 00:52:57,251
Um...

568
00:53:03,183 --> 00:53:04,585
Cornflour.

569
00:53:08,428 --> 00:53:10,023
Cornflour, <i>mma.</i>

570
00:53:29,129 --> 00:53:30,531
I missed you.

571
00:53:44,184 --> 00:53:47,818
Kwashiorkor, malnutrition, malaria.

572
00:53:50,911 --> 00:53:53,428
The hospitals can't cope with the demands.

573
00:53:55,275 --> 00:53:56,836
So what can we do?

574
00:53:56,957 --> 00:54:01,080
We depend on the reports the district
commissioner sends to London.

575
00:54:01,201 --> 00:54:05,245
And they do nothing.
There's no money left after the war.

576
00:54:05,966 --> 00:54:08,643
They never gave us money before the war.

577
00:54:08,809 --> 00:54:11,246
We pay the taxes they demand,
and we get nothing.

578
00:54:26,867 --> 00:54:28,188
Mr Nash.

579
00:54:30,150 --> 00:54:32,348
What is keeping you here so long?

580
00:54:33,674 --> 00:54:35,872
It's a beautiful country.

581
00:54:36,957 --> 00:54:40,032
I should be flattered,
but I don't believe you.

582
00:54:43,043 --> 00:54:46,437
- The story?
- Oh, is that what I am? A story?

583
00:54:48,849 --> 00:54:50,570
It's okay. I'm not offended.

584
00:54:50,691 --> 00:54:52,445
I thought I'd catch the film.

585
00:54:53,814 --> 00:54:55,215
Only whites allowed I hear.

586
00:54:55,375 --> 00:54:57,369
And kings.

587
00:54:57,497 --> 00:55:00,095
- Even black ones.
- Why do you come?

588
00:55:01,381 --> 00:55:02,703
To something like this?

589
00:55:03,463 --> 00:55:06,665
There's not a black face in sight
outside of the waiters and maids.

590
00:55:10,350 --> 00:55:11,672
Defiance.

591
00:55:13,193 --> 00:55:16,508
The knowledge that one day
things will change because they have to.

592
00:55:17,558 --> 00:55:18,993
And it has to start somewhere.

593
00:55:20,921 --> 00:55:23,723
Mrs Khama... how nice to see you again.

594
00:55:24,324 --> 00:55:25,680
You too.

595
00:55:27,287 --> 00:55:28,643
Thank you, my love.

596
00:55:31,892 --> 00:55:34,489
I read something of yours
in "World Reporter".

597
00:55:34,615 --> 00:55:36,050
An old copy.

598
00:55:36,216 --> 00:55:39,930
About the Chinese civil war.
Was impressive.

599
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:43,780
Hmm, it's true,
I'm just a burnt-out war correspondent

600
00:55:43,944 --> 00:55:45,665
trying to find another story.

601
00:55:46,226 --> 00:55:48,220
Well, there's one, right there.

602
00:55:49,229 --> 00:55:51,268
Drilling in the Naledi Valley.

603
00:55:52,152 --> 00:55:53,473
Mineral testing.

604
00:55:54,394 --> 00:55:57,630
What? Copper? Diamonds?

605
00:55:58,599 --> 00:56:00,114
I don't know,

606
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:04,278
but I imagine it wouldn't be difficult
for someone like you to find out.

607
00:56:04,965 --> 00:56:07,323
The valley stretches across
into South Africa.

608
00:56:07,528 --> 00:56:10,968
It's been lucrative that side.
Now they've started exploring our side.

609
00:56:12,092 --> 00:56:13,574
Without our permission.

610
00:56:14,494 --> 00:56:16,215
But with the British Government's?

611
00:56:16,336 --> 00:56:17,692
Presumably.

612
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:24,417
You know what a discovery
would mean to this country, to my people.

613
00:56:25,706 --> 00:56:27,665
It would change everything.

614
00:56:27,788 --> 00:56:29,622
But only if our interests are secured.

615
00:56:31,912 --> 00:56:33,985
I can do that if I'm ahead of the game.

616
00:56:34,795 --> 00:56:37,266
And if I have enough information.

617
00:56:41,081 --> 00:56:42,597
Enjoy the film.

618
00:57:02,863 --> 00:57:05,016
I have some rather good news for you.

619
00:57:06,106 --> 00:57:07,588
A word after the film.

620
00:57:10,230 --> 00:57:13,351
Mr Khama, don't you want
to hear the good news?

621
00:57:13,473 --> 00:57:15,194
We have tickets for you.

622
00:57:16,036 --> 00:57:17,471
Tickets?

623
00:57:18,158 --> 00:57:19,560
For what?

624
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:24,122
The government want to rectify the matter
of your chieftainship face to face.

625
00:57:24,765 --> 00:57:26,041
In London.

626
00:57:28,048 --> 00:57:31,249
Dealing with such matters long distance,
it slows the process down,

627
00:57:31,371 --> 00:57:34,048
which isn't good for you, and your people.

628
00:57:36,376 --> 00:57:38,210
So we thought a month would suffice.

629
00:57:39,419 --> 00:57:40,741
Oh.

630
00:57:40,861 --> 00:57:43,014
It would give you, Mrs Khama,
an opportunity

631
00:57:43,143 --> 00:57:45,057
to see your friends, see your family.

632
00:57:54,074 --> 00:57:55,429
You shouldn't come.

633
00:57:56,597 --> 00:57:59,194
They want me here and you in London.

634
00:57:59,319 --> 00:58:01,472
That is why you must be here,
and me in London.

635
00:58:02,803 --> 00:58:06,038
I have to go back to resolve this.
We don't have a choice in that.

636
00:58:06,166 --> 00:58:09,082
But if you come with me,
they won't allow you back.

637
00:58:10,090 --> 00:58:13,325
Why else would they purchase you
a trip to visit your family?

638
00:58:13,453 --> 00:58:17,212
You can't just go.
Why would I be here by myself?

639
00:58:18,058 --> 00:58:21,851
Seretse, I gave up everything
to be with you, but I can't do this alone.

640
00:58:23,223 --> 00:58:26,664
I promise as long as I live
you will never be alone.

641
00:58:28,028 --> 00:58:29,749
But if you leave with me...

642
00:58:30,751 --> 00:58:34,510
...then I can never return because
they will force you to stay in England,

643
00:58:34,675 --> 00:58:36,235
and I will not return without you.

644
00:59:14,394 --> 00:59:15,750
What the devil is this?

645
00:59:17,157 --> 00:59:20,153
My people have decided
that my wife should stay.

646
00:59:21,281 --> 00:59:24,995
Tell your people to remove themselves
from this gate immediately.

647
00:59:25,165 --> 00:59:28,002
Unfortunately, in the absence
of your decision

648
00:59:28,168 --> 00:59:29,889
on my appointment as the king,

649
00:59:30,010 --> 00:59:32,322
I don't have any power over them.

650
00:59:41,101 --> 00:59:45,817
Mrs Khama, I strongly urge you
to reconsider and come with us.

651
00:59:46,787 --> 00:59:48,461
My husband has told you. He's...

652
00:59:49,790 --> 00:59:52,831
It's not within his power
to order these people to do anything,

653
00:59:52,953 --> 00:59:54,308
and as a woman...

654
00:59:56,036 --> 00:59:58,838
...well, I have no say
in the matter whatsoever.

655
00:59:58,999 --> 01:00:02,313
So, alas, I'm powerless to help you.

656
01:00:08,208 --> 01:00:10,885
- That was very good.
- Thank you.

657
01:00:25,025 --> 01:00:26,507
I'm ready, Commissioner.

658
01:00:42,803 --> 01:00:47,199
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

659
01:00:55,936 --> 01:00:57,257
Enter.

660
01:00:59,940 --> 01:01:02,093
Ah, Mr Khama. Good afternoon.

661
01:01:02,262 --> 01:01:05,543
I'm grateful to you for returning
to London. Do please take a seat.

662
01:01:11,231 --> 01:01:14,113
I'm intrigued to know
why you've brought me all this way.

663
01:01:14,274 --> 01:01:15,915
The government summoned me here last week

664
01:01:16,036 --> 01:01:18,109
upon receipt of the Harragin report.

665
01:01:18,278 --> 01:01:22,196
They have reviewed it and considered
the conflict between you and your uncle.

666
01:01:23,483 --> 01:01:25,523
And after taking all things into account,

667
01:01:25,646 --> 01:01:27,445
we have concluded

668
01:01:27,608 --> 01:01:30,649
that you should be exiled
from Bechuanaland

669
01:01:30,851 --> 01:01:32,445
for a period of five years.

670
01:01:35,015 --> 01:01:37,248
Call it a period of reflection.

671
01:01:37,377 --> 01:01:40,977
After five years, we will, of course,
review the situation.

672
01:01:41,141 --> 01:01:43,419
But in the meantime,

673
01:01:43,544 --> 01:01:47,667
we are able to offer you a position
in the administration of Jamaica.

674
01:01:48,709 --> 01:01:53,105
And we will, of course, make sure
we accommodate your dear wife.

675
01:01:53,834 --> 01:01:55,953
Jamaica is not my country.

676
01:01:56,076 --> 01:01:57,990
There are some similarities.

677
01:02:00,561 --> 01:02:02,315
I belong with my people.

678
01:02:02,482 --> 01:02:04,123
We will be imposing direct rule,

679
01:02:04,284 --> 01:02:08,328
with the district commissioner, Rufus
Lancaster, acting as native authority.

680
01:02:09,449 --> 01:02:12,047
There will, of course,
be a tribal council,

681
01:02:12,893 --> 01:02:15,285
so your people will have some sort of say

682
01:02:16,056 --> 01:02:17,970
in our running of your affairs.

683
01:02:20,701 --> 01:02:24,300
I do understand
this is an awful lot to digest.

684
01:02:25,425 --> 01:02:27,066
I want to see the Harragin report.

685
01:02:27,187 --> 01:02:28,942
Not possible.

686
01:02:29,109 --> 01:02:32,423
It was an advisory paper, so
the government's not obliged to publish,

687
01:02:32,553 --> 01:02:34,831
but I can tell you this:

688
01:02:34,955 --> 01:02:37,153
The conclusion was

689
01:02:37,317 --> 01:02:42,192
you are not
a fit and proper person to rule.

690
01:02:42,362 --> 01:02:43,957
Upon what basis?

691
01:02:44,084 --> 01:02:45,918
That's confidential to the government.

692
01:02:46,046 --> 01:02:48,199
I have a right to know.

693
01:02:48,368 --> 01:02:50,487
Sir Walter has weighed the evidence.

694
01:02:52,653 --> 01:02:54,168
And you chose to agree.

695
01:02:54,334 --> 01:02:59,459
Mr Khama, I am the British Government's
representative in your country...

696
01:02:59,580 --> 01:03:01,653
And yet you know nothing of it.

697
01:03:01,782 --> 01:03:06,065
You don't even live there.
You are based somewhere else entirely.

698
01:03:06,186 --> 01:03:09,387
Content with your government
to run our affairs from South Africa,

699
01:03:09,510 --> 01:03:12,745
you move as closely with
Prime Minister Malan and his government,

700
01:03:12,953 --> 01:03:15,231
as you do the British prime minster.

701
01:03:15,395 --> 01:03:19,917
And, yes, Sir Alistair,
I am questioning your motives.

702
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:23,241
I do not make the decisions.

703
01:03:23,403 --> 01:03:26,126
You advise.

704
01:03:26,927 --> 01:03:31,403
And my advice... is always confidential.

705
01:03:32,573 --> 01:03:36,172
It's six o'clock, Sir Alistair.
Might I suggest a glass of sherry?

706
01:03:36,977 --> 01:03:38,332
Splendid idea.

707
01:03:41,421 --> 01:03:43,620
The government
will release this white paper.

708
01:03:43,744 --> 01:03:46,261
It explains the situation
and your succession.

709
01:03:46,426 --> 01:03:48,660
It sets out in fairly plain English

710
01:03:48,789 --> 01:03:52,867
that were it not for our intervention,
Bechuanaland would have been torn apart

711
01:03:53,033 --> 01:03:55,231
by the rivalry between you and your uncle.

712
01:03:55,395 --> 01:03:56,877
That is an utter fabrication!

713
01:03:57,037 --> 01:04:00,272
We are merely documenting
what your uncle has told us.

714
01:04:07,287 --> 01:04:08,848
Oh, gosh. Thanks very much.

715
01:04:11,451 --> 01:04:12,967
Sherry, Mr Khama?

716
01:05:28,248 --> 01:05:29,604
Hello, Ruth.

717
01:05:29,730 --> 01:05:32,486
You're in hospital in Serowe.

718
01:05:34,094 --> 01:05:36,657
You have diphtheria,
but it is being treated.

719
01:05:36,817 --> 01:05:41,942
And, Ms Khama, the doctor here
has discovered you are with child.

720
01:05:44,505 --> 01:05:46,384
- But...
- My husband and I are concerned

721
01:05:46,547 --> 01:05:49,383
that you should now get
the very best treatment available.

722
01:05:49,550 --> 01:05:53,069
So he is organising for you to go to
Cape Town and visit a gynaecologist.

723
01:05:53,193 --> 01:05:54,914
Dr Wessels.

724
01:05:56,396 --> 01:05:58,276
Oh, Ruth, you are awake.

725
01:06:00,561 --> 01:06:04,525
This chap I'm talking about
is the top man in Africa.

726
01:06:05,886 --> 01:06:08,768
It wouldn't be right
not to put my faith in the doctors here.

727
01:06:09,690 --> 01:06:11,524
Without wanting to alarm you,

728
01:06:11,652 --> 01:06:15,855
death rates in childbirth,
for both mother and baby, in Serowe

729
01:06:15,976 --> 01:06:17,856
are dangerously high.

730
01:06:17,978 --> 01:06:19,733
To stay here would be a serious risk.

731
01:06:21,101 --> 01:06:22,696
We do urge you to go to Cape Town.

732
01:06:23,864 --> 01:06:26,097
Well, perhaps Dr Wessels could come here.

733
01:06:26,226 --> 01:06:28,869
Dr Wessels does not travel
to his patients.

734
01:06:29,029 --> 01:06:31,592
Look, I know what you're doing.

735
01:06:31,712 --> 01:06:33,945
- And I don't like it.
- Mrs Khama...

736
01:06:34,154 --> 01:06:36,547
I will ask you now both,
will you please leave?

737
01:06:36,677 --> 01:06:39,274
Whatever your opinion of my husband,

738
01:06:39,439 --> 01:06:42,401
I am here only as a woman,
who is also a mother.

739
01:06:42,603 --> 01:06:45,724
I'm thinking only of the survival
of yourself and that of your baby.

740
01:06:45,846 --> 01:06:48,124
You must give yourself
the very best chance.

741
01:06:48,248 --> 01:06:50,766
We know Africa, and you do not.

742
01:06:50,931 --> 01:06:53,768
I appreciate your thoughtfulness,
but I want to decide.

743
01:06:53,894 --> 01:06:56,127
- Mrs Khama, Ruth...
- That's enough!

744
01:06:58,859 --> 01:07:01,900
Please... do as my sister asks.

745
01:07:02,983 --> 01:07:05,454
How dare you, girl.

746
01:07:05,626 --> 01:07:07,779
Who on earth do you think
you're addressing?

747
01:07:07,908 --> 01:07:09,947
And who do you think <i>you're</i> addressing?

748
01:07:10,070 --> 01:07:13,545
I am Naledi Khama,
from the royal family of the Bangwato.

749
01:07:14,555 --> 01:07:16,388
Granddaughter of Khama the Great,

750
01:07:16,557 --> 01:07:20,601
and sister to the present king,
who will never be dethroned.

751
01:07:47,668 --> 01:07:48,864
Hello?

752
01:07:50,591 --> 01:07:53,153
- My love?
- 'It's Ruth. Can you hear me?'

753
01:07:53,273 --> 01:07:54,629
My love, I can hear you.

754
01:07:54,755 --> 01:07:57,990
Best news in the world, I am pregnant.

755
01:07:59,239 --> 01:08:00,880
- 'We are having a baby.'
- A baby.

756
01:08:01,001 --> 01:08:04,681
'I've been to the hospital and
Dr Moikangao says everything's good.

757
01:08:04,885 --> 01:08:06,240
'How about that?'

758
01:08:08,408 --> 01:08:10,367
It's wo... it's wonderful news.

759
01:08:11,051 --> 01:08:12,851
'I cannot wait for you to come home.'

760
01:08:14,454 --> 01:08:15,776
When are you coming back?

761
01:08:19,499 --> 01:08:22,336
Ruth, something's...
something has happened.

762
01:08:22,462 --> 01:08:25,618
Uh... I-I had my meeting with Canning.

763
01:08:27,508 --> 01:08:28,863
I have been banished.

764
01:08:31,351 --> 01:08:35,669
'The Harragin report stated
that I am not fit to rule.

765
01:08:37,918 --> 01:08:40,641
I-I cannot come back for five years.

766
01:08:42,242 --> 01:08:43,644
This can't be happening.

767
01:08:44,044 --> 01:08:47,245
They are determined that we will
not be together in Bechuanaland.

768
01:08:48,088 --> 01:08:50,845
And if I return, they'll have
no reason to allow you back.

769
01:08:52,092 --> 01:08:55,372
'We were never supposed to be apart!
You promised me!

770
01:08:55,495 --> 01:08:58,093
'You promised me
that everything would be all right!'

771
01:08:58,258 --> 01:08:59,819
I know.

772
01:09:00,501 --> 01:09:03,143
I know. I'm sorry, my love. I'm sorry.

773
01:09:05,866 --> 01:09:08,144
Then find your way back to me, Seretse.

774
01:09:08,308 --> 01:09:10,142
'Find your way back.'

775
01:09:13,553 --> 01:09:16,557
- 'I promise you I will.'
- Seretse...

776
01:09:17,397 --> 01:09:21,475
Ruth... Ruth? Ruth! Ruth...

777
01:09:21,602 --> 01:09:23,003
Seretse?

778
01:09:23,163 --> 01:09:25,556
Ruth! Ruth!

779
01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:35,888
'In a countermove
to pressure the British Government,

780
01:09:36,016 --> 01:09:40,412
'Seretse Khama, exiled Bechuanaland
chief, today appealed to the British public.

781
01:09:40,541 --> 01:09:42,215
'In a fighting address,

782
01:09:42,342 --> 01:09:45,896
'the chief told the people of Britain
to hold its government to account.'

783
01:09:46,066 --> 01:09:50,782
I do not believe the British public
will tolerate such injustice to me,

784
01:09:50,911 --> 01:09:53,793
and, more importantly,
to my suffering people

785
01:09:53,914 --> 01:09:56,796
who have always remained loyal
to the British crown.

786
01:09:57,998 --> 01:10:03,602
I ask my people now
to remain dignified and law-abiding,

787
01:10:03,804 --> 01:10:06,366
whilst I seek justice for our nation,

788
01:10:06,486 --> 01:10:09,927
and to be returned... to my country...

789
01:10:10,931 --> 01:10:12,412
...and my wife.

790
01:10:18,619 --> 01:10:21,615
Mr Khama... Anthony Benn.

791
01:10:23,664 --> 01:10:25,099
You got my letter.

792
01:10:25,225 --> 01:10:29,109
Seretse, uh, Mr Benn is a friend of Joe's.

793
01:10:30,110 --> 01:10:31,592
We want to help.

794
01:10:31,752 --> 01:10:33,825
Fenner Brockway. May we?

795
01:10:35,235 --> 01:10:36,956
Uh, yes. Please.

796
01:10:39,039 --> 01:10:40,839
It's subterfuge. Propaganda.

797
01:10:41,001 --> 01:10:43,120
It's completely unprincipled.

798
01:10:43,243 --> 01:10:46,125
We are talking about an entire nation
who want their leader.

799
01:10:46,246 --> 01:10:49,800
While your government are concealing
their reasons for keeping me here,

800
01:10:49,930 --> 01:10:53,244
they are allowing our lands
to be explored for minerals.

801
01:10:53,413 --> 01:10:56,854
- For diamonds.
- And you believe the two are connected.

802
01:10:57,017 --> 01:11:00,218
I don't know, but what happens
if they make a find?

803
01:11:01,261 --> 01:11:04,576
Mr Khama, you are a protectorate,

804
01:11:04,705 --> 01:11:07,461
which differentiates you somewhat
from other colonies.

805
01:11:07,588 --> 01:11:11,062
Meaning the mineral rights should be
vested with the people of my country.

806
01:11:11,191 --> 01:11:15,668
Ordinarily, yes, but you have been
placed under direct rule.

807
01:11:15,836 --> 01:11:18,114
Your situation may have become vulnerable.

808
01:11:18,238 --> 01:11:22,202
My grandfather negotiated those rights.
I know they remain with us.

809
01:11:22,322 --> 01:11:24,635
You are vulnerable.

810
01:11:27,487 --> 01:11:31,451
What if the government acknowledged
our rights publicly in some way?

811
01:11:31,572 --> 01:11:32,973
Or if I could get them on record

812
01:11:33,093 --> 01:11:35,371
recognising the agreement
they have with us?

813
01:11:35,536 --> 01:11:38,737
Well, that would be a great help,
and a miracle.

814
01:11:39,860 --> 01:11:43,459
I will look into the legalities
of your country's change in status.

815
01:11:43,584 --> 01:11:46,226
And the Harragin report?

816
01:11:46,346 --> 01:11:48,260
We'll get a copy.

817
01:11:48,428 --> 01:11:49,864
You have my word.

818
01:11:50,350 --> 01:11:53,073
Seretse, please hold your people off.

819
01:11:53,233 --> 01:11:56,115
If the election brings new blood,
it could change everything.

820
01:11:56,236 --> 01:12:00,838
How long can we rely on the good nature
of our people to stand by peacefully?

821
01:12:01,441 --> 01:12:04,164
Tomorrow, Sir Alistair Canning
will announce to my people

822
01:12:04,284 --> 01:12:07,599
the appointment of one of his
administration as the new native authority

823
01:12:07,728 --> 01:12:09,083
to govern my people.

824
01:12:28,148 --> 01:12:30,346
Every district was alerted, sir.

825
01:12:32,032 --> 01:12:34,344
We were expecting 10,000 at this meeting.

826
01:13:22,282 --> 01:13:24,435
The tribe is refusing
to organise a council.

827
01:13:27,207 --> 01:13:30,328
Until their king... is returned.

828
01:13:32,973 --> 01:13:36,208
When a man tells a lie,

829
01:13:37,017 --> 01:13:38,931
he loses his dignity.

830
01:13:40,140 --> 01:13:42,020
And so it is with a country.

831
01:13:43,944 --> 01:13:46,336
I'm calling
on the British Government today

832
01:13:46,507 --> 01:13:49,149
to release the Harragin report.

833
01:13:50,190 --> 01:13:51,945
What are they hiding?

834
01:13:59,039 --> 01:14:02,001
'...they did so
with only the slightest of...

835
01:14:02,563 --> 01:14:05,877
'In a bid to show his support
for the exiled chief of Bechuanaland...'

836
01:14:06,847 --> 01:14:10,241
'The leader of the opposition,
Mr Churchill, addressed Parliament.

837
01:14:11,011 --> 01:14:13,529
'Mr Churchill told the House
of his deeply held belief

838
01:14:13,654 --> 01:14:16,775
'in the virtue of the Christian marriage,
which he described

839
01:14:16,897 --> 01:14:20,690
'as a "scared bond
between a husband and his wife".

840
01:14:20,821 --> 01:14:25,297
'Why are the Labour government keeping
this African chief and his woman apart?

841
01:14:25,465 --> 01:14:28,860
'Putting his opposition
to Khama's banishment on the record,

842
01:14:29,029 --> 01:14:32,070
'Mr Churchill went on to announce
to the House his full intention

843
01:14:32,192 --> 01:14:34,835
'of returning to the chief
and his wife their kingdom,

844
01:14:34,995 --> 01:14:38,435
'when his Conservative Party
wins the forthcoming general election.'

845
01:14:43,764 --> 01:14:46,156
The honourable gentleman
for Eton and Slough.

846
01:14:46,326 --> 01:14:49,607
We know these actions against Mr Khama

847
01:14:49,730 --> 01:14:54,730
are effectively introducing the principle
of a colour bar to British politics,

848
01:14:54,855 --> 01:14:57,088
separating black from white.

849
01:15:00,380 --> 01:15:01,736
It is an utter betrayal,

850
01:15:01,862 --> 01:15:04,903
both of myself, as your prime minister,
and of your government.

851
01:15:05,105 --> 01:15:06,860
The betrayal is of the British people,

852
01:15:07,027 --> 01:15:10,741
and anyone who believed the Labour Party
is on the side of what is right and just.

853
01:15:10,871 --> 01:15:12,465
The world is watching.

854
01:15:12,633 --> 01:15:16,027
The UN have a petition signed by
every prominent black leader in the US.

855
01:15:18,318 --> 01:15:20,916
America is sending funds to Mr Khama,

856
01:15:21,081 --> 01:15:23,679
so that he can defend himself against us.

857
01:15:23,844 --> 01:15:25,279
It's... I mean, look at these.

858
01:15:25,405 --> 01:15:28,925
Never has a Labour government been
criticised this way by the negro press.

859
01:15:29,129 --> 01:15:32,125
We are on the eve of the election.
I am pleading with you.

860
01:15:32,292 --> 01:15:34,445
Send him home before Churchill does.

861
01:15:34,575 --> 01:15:37,537
It will be an almighty humiliation
if a Tory government

862
01:15:37,698 --> 01:15:38,974
fulfils our responsibility!

863
01:15:39,139 --> 01:15:42,978
I would like nothing more than to say to
hell with Malan and his damned apartheid,

864
01:15:43,143 --> 01:15:46,982
but we need South Africa to protect us
from Stalin and his advance there.

865
01:15:47,147 --> 01:15:49,141
We all do! Including the...

866
01:15:50,150 --> 01:15:53,545
...hypocritical Americans with
their Jim Crow laws lauding this over us!

867
01:15:53,714 --> 01:15:58,315
- They're pointing out the facts.
- These are the facts! There's a Cold War.

868
01:15:58,438 --> 01:16:01,594
If I allow that chief,
or any black chief and his white queen,

869
01:16:01,762 --> 01:16:03,356
to sleep in the same bed on African soil,

870
01:16:03,524 --> 01:16:05,995
Malan will withdraw from the Commonwealth.

871
01:16:06,166 --> 01:16:08,444
He will utilise any favour
we show that couple

872
01:16:08,569 --> 01:16:11,291
to whip up nationalist support
for a separate republic.

873
01:16:11,411 --> 01:16:14,726
- He'll withdraw his uranium...
- This is how we justify our actions?

874
01:16:14,855 --> 01:16:16,894
- An atomic bomb programme?
- And his gold!

875
01:16:17,097 --> 01:16:19,899
If you don't care about the uranium,
think about our economy.

876
01:16:20,020 --> 01:16:22,014
How long can we sustain our currency

877
01:16:22,182 --> 01:16:24,016
without Malan supplying our gold reserves?

878
01:16:24,184 --> 01:16:27,021
Hmm? You count the months!

879
01:16:29,990 --> 01:16:32,188
We have done a deal with the devil.

880
01:16:37,798 --> 01:16:41,431
'Twenty-four hours have passed
since the polling stations closed,

881
01:16:41,562 --> 01:16:43,795
'and the last vote was cast.

882
01:16:43,924 --> 01:16:46,761
'The candidates stood by,
and police oversaw,

883
01:16:46,887 --> 01:16:50,327
'as ballot boxes were removed,
so that counting could begin.

884
01:16:51,291 --> 01:16:53,968
'Anxious crowds have gathered
in Piccadilly Circus,

885
01:16:54,134 --> 01:16:58,291
'as, one by one, results have been
marked out and announced.

886
01:16:58,418 --> 01:17:04,341
'And so it is that the voice of our people
has called upon Winston Churchill...'

887
01:17:06,787 --> 01:17:08,781
Shh!

888
01:17:08,909 --> 01:17:10,823
'...much uncertainty,

889
01:17:10,951 --> 01:17:14,231
'the United Kingdom has placed
the responsibility of our future

890
01:17:14,434 --> 01:17:16,348
'in Mr Churchill's hands.

891
01:17:17,558 --> 01:17:20,520
'In this closely fought election
saw the Conservatives

892
01:17:20,681 --> 01:17:23,403
'triumphed by a tiny majority.

893
01:17:23,524 --> 01:17:25,916
'Nevertheless, the majority it was.'

894
01:17:34,695 --> 01:17:37,257
Mr Khama. Good morning.

895
01:17:37,417 --> 01:17:38,819
Morning.

896
01:17:39,459 --> 01:17:42,695
Sir Winston Churchill will be
making his announcement

897
01:17:42,863 --> 01:17:46,416
about your return to Bechuanaland
in the House of Commons this afternoon.

898
01:17:46,547 --> 01:17:48,541
He wished for me
to convey it to you first.

899
01:17:49,389 --> 01:17:51,064
I appreciate that.

900
01:17:51,231 --> 01:17:53,429
He's decided that five years' banishment

901
01:17:53,554 --> 01:17:56,755
will cause unrest and uncertainty
in the protectorate,

902
01:17:56,877 --> 01:17:59,679
and he wishes to bring an end
to such insecurity.

903
01:18:00,761 --> 01:18:04,280
Consequently, he will be announcing
that your banishment...

904
01:18:05,606 --> 01:18:07,041
...is for life.

905
01:18:15,375 --> 01:18:16,652
I beg your pardon?

906
01:18:17,377 --> 01:18:21,091
Yes, on the occasion of our previous
meeting I was able to offer you a career

907
01:18:21,261 --> 01:18:23,220
in the administration of Jamaica.

908
01:18:24,304 --> 01:18:28,906
Pity you did not accept. Under current
circumstances, I cannot repeat the offer.

909
01:18:29,029 --> 01:18:31,466
Nor, indeed, a posting to any other land.

910
01:18:35,115 --> 01:18:39,477
The prime minister
announced his intentions.

911
01:18:41,001 --> 01:18:45,683
He clearly stated that
he would allow me back home.

912
01:18:47,047 --> 01:18:49,325
Opposition is one thing, Mr Khama.

913
01:18:52,412 --> 01:18:56,092
The realities of government
are quite another. Good day.

914
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:21,601
I want him to come back to me.

915
01:19:23,924 --> 01:19:27,159
Churchill promised. He promised.

916
01:19:27,688 --> 01:19:29,328
I believed him.

917
01:19:32,853 --> 01:19:36,851
Seretse says he'll write to Tshekedi,
and try and reconcile, but...

918
01:19:39,379 --> 01:19:41,179
You have to be strong.

919
01:19:41,982 --> 01:19:45,296
You have a voice. Use it.

920
01:19:46,627 --> 01:19:50,101
Mr Churchill,
10,000 of my husband's people

921
01:19:50,230 --> 01:19:54,069
fought the war for you,
and for the freedom of Britain.

922
01:19:54,194 --> 01:19:57,555
They answered your call
in your darkest hour.

923
01:19:58,078 --> 01:20:00,721
'Mr Churchill,
you have betrayed my husband,

924
01:20:00,881 --> 01:20:03,877
'and each and every one
of those 10,000 men.

925
01:20:04,404 --> 01:20:06,638
'You have caused great hurt.

926
01:20:06,767 --> 01:20:10,731
'You have caused great anger
amongst a peaceful people.

927
01:20:11,331 --> 01:20:12,926
'And Mr Churchill...

928
01:20:15,255 --> 01:20:17,089
'...I'm with them.

929
01:20:18,058 --> 01:20:20,621
'And I will remain with them

930
01:20:20,741 --> 01:20:22,814
'because this is my home.'

931
01:20:26,547 --> 01:20:28,825
'A great event at Silverstone...'

932
01:20:47,367 --> 01:20:49,281
'Uncle,

933
01:20:49,449 --> 01:20:52,969
'our country is now completely
under the control of the British.

934
01:20:54,535 --> 01:20:58,452
'You taught me that the colonialist
strategy is to divide and rule,

935
01:20:58,619 --> 01:21:02,138
'and that the only response
is to stand united.

936
01:21:03,223 --> 01:21:06,903
'My exile leaves our country
divided and vulnerable.

937
01:21:07,628 --> 01:21:12,388
'Even as I write the British have
authorised test drilling on our lands.

938
01:21:13,313 --> 01:21:18,438
'You know what it will mean to our country
if diamonds or other minerals are found.

939
01:21:18,959 --> 01:21:22,114
'We must protect that wealth
for our people.

940
01:21:23,724 --> 01:21:27,482
'I need to come home to fulfil the role
for which you raised me.

941
01:21:27,928 --> 01:21:30,490
'To lead. To serve.

942
01:21:33,894 --> 01:21:36,206
'But I cannot do it without you.

943
01:21:36,336 --> 01:21:39,731
'If I can find a way to come back,

944
01:21:39,860 --> 01:21:41,979
'will you agree to hear my plan?'

945
01:21:44,024 --> 01:21:47,225
Mr Khama will never return
to Bechuanaland.

946
01:21:48,909 --> 01:21:52,702
The decision of my government
is absolute and final.

947
01:21:57,077 --> 01:21:59,754
Control them, or I'll close the kgotla.

948
01:21:59,880 --> 01:22:02,603
Sir, you have pushed
the patience of the people too far.

949
01:22:03,764 --> 01:22:05,678
You can't close our kgotla

950
01:22:05,806 --> 01:22:09,246
any more than I can close
your Houses of Parliament.

951
01:22:52,372 --> 01:22:53,694
Hey!

952
01:22:56,416 --> 01:22:57,738
Hey!

953
01:24:40,280 --> 01:24:43,196
Shh, shh.

954
01:25:14,394 --> 01:25:15,830
Hello?

955
01:25:16,356 --> 01:25:18,315
Here is your daughter.

956
01:25:21,842 --> 01:25:23,243
Can you hear her?

957
01:25:26,246 --> 01:25:27,841
No.

958
01:25:27,968 --> 01:25:32,171
'Hang on. Can you hear her?'

959
01:25:32,292 --> 01:25:34,172
I-I can. I can hear her.

960
01:25:35,696 --> 01:25:38,817
But... she sounds... Is she all right?

961
01:25:39,540 --> 01:25:41,260
'She's beautiful.'

962
01:25:41,381 --> 01:25:42,737
But she's crying.

963
01:25:42,863 --> 01:25:45,141
Oh, I jabbed her, so she'd make a noise.

964
01:25:45,826 --> 01:25:47,386
Isn't she beautiful?

965
01:25:47,948 --> 01:25:49,703
She's, she's beautiful.

966
01:25:51,552 --> 01:25:54,388
I wish you could see her.

967
01:25:54,515 --> 01:25:56,189
You must come to me.

968
01:25:58,559 --> 01:26:00,199
'Are we giving up?'

969
01:26:06,967 --> 01:26:10,042
No. No, we are not.

970
01:26:11,892 --> 01:26:13,851
'But we've been separated for too long.'

971
01:26:13,974 --> 01:26:15,933
I can't do this alone any more.

972
01:26:18,138 --> 01:26:20,052
And I need you.

973
01:26:21,381 --> 01:26:23,776
'I need my family.'

974
01:26:24,945 --> 01:26:27,907
'As soon as the baby's strong enough,
we'll come to you.'

975
01:26:50,811 --> 01:26:52,770
My tickets have arrived.

976
01:26:52,893 --> 01:26:54,773
Would it be all right if I joined you?

977
01:26:58,218 --> 01:27:00,098
See, I don't know when I'll be back.

978
01:27:55,195 --> 01:27:56,551
It's okay. Mmm.

979
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:01,401
There.

980
01:28:24,264 --> 01:28:25,666
Why are they here?

981
01:28:26,386 --> 01:28:28,904
They are thanking you
for walking the road with them.

982
01:28:42,442 --> 01:28:44,117
This song is about you.

983
01:28:45,526 --> 01:28:48,647
They are saying Seretse's wife
is as bright as the morning star.

984
01:29:36,537 --> 01:29:38,131
This way, Mr Khama.

985
01:29:50,671 --> 01:29:53,393
Oh... this is Daddy.

986
01:30:00,961 --> 01:30:02,716
There's someone else here to see you.

987
01:30:14,735 --> 01:30:16,615
Thank you for coming.

988
01:30:23,223 --> 01:30:25,023
- Hello, Daddy.
- Ruth.

989
01:30:25,986 --> 01:30:27,387
This is Jacqueline.

990
01:30:53,774 --> 01:30:58,615
# Sometimes I'm happy

991
01:30:58,739 --> 01:31:03,694
# Sometimes I'm blue

992
01:31:03,824 --> 01:31:08,300
# My disposition... #

993
01:31:08,428 --> 01:31:11,709
- Mr Nash...
- Thank you for coming.

994
01:31:20,200 --> 01:31:23,675
The story on the mining companies.
I thought you'd like to know.

995
01:31:27,207 --> 01:31:28,723
We need a bit more information,

996
01:31:28,849 --> 01:31:31,411
but I'll say we'll be running with this
in about a week.

997
01:31:45,105 --> 01:31:46,381
What?

998
01:31:47,748 --> 01:31:51,507
Nash... he's doing a story.

999
01:31:53,113 --> 01:31:55,836
It's not confirmed, it's too soon, but...

1000
01:31:57,237 --> 01:31:58,719
...there has been a find.

1001
01:31:59,920 --> 01:32:01,150
Diamonds?

1002
01:32:01,922 --> 01:32:03,722
Yes.

1003
01:32:03,884 --> 01:32:05,957
Just three diamonds, but...

1004
01:32:06,807 --> 01:32:08,481
But yes.

1005
01:32:08,609 --> 01:32:10,283
It's a beginning.

1006
01:32:11,131 --> 01:32:12,647
It could mean everything.

1007
01:32:12,773 --> 01:32:15,051
The British don't know about the find yet.

1008
01:32:15,175 --> 01:32:17,134
If I can get ahead...

1009
01:32:19,139 --> 01:32:22,135
...I know, I know I can get this right.

1010
01:32:23,984 --> 01:32:26,455
The prime minister told this country

1011
01:32:26,627 --> 01:32:29,349
that he would allow
the King of Bangwato to return home.

1012
01:32:30,631 --> 01:32:33,148
After the election,
he banished him for life.

1013
01:32:34,434 --> 01:32:35,790
For good.

1014
01:32:36,797 --> 01:32:40,077
Having deprived
the Bangwato people of their king,

1015
01:32:40,200 --> 01:32:43,800
can his Commonwealth
under-secretary, at the very least,

1016
01:32:43,924 --> 01:32:48,002
assure us that the Bangwato people
will still have a say

1017
01:32:48,168 --> 01:32:50,446
in the running of their own affairs?

1018
01:32:50,571 --> 01:32:56,174
With particular reference to the use
of their land for mineral exploitation?

1019
01:32:56,336 --> 01:32:59,936
Let me make it clear that the dispute

1020
01:33:00,140 --> 01:33:02,863
is not between us and the Bangwato,

1021
01:33:02,983 --> 01:33:05,181
it is between the chief and his uncle.

1022
01:33:05,385 --> 01:33:08,939
We have a responsibility
to keep this warring family apart.

1023
01:33:10,551 --> 01:33:12,943
With respect
to the Right Honourable Gentleman,

1024
01:33:13,113 --> 01:33:16,667
his answer had nothing to do
with the question I just asked.

1025
01:33:16,837 --> 01:33:20,356
Mr Chairman, the Honourable Gentleman
seems to be hounding me for an answer

1026
01:33:20,480 --> 01:33:23,955
- that I'm quite prepared to give.
- Yes? Go on.

1027
01:33:26,647 --> 01:33:28,367
Let me make an assurance

1028
01:33:28,488 --> 01:33:31,530
that no leases will be given
to any mining companies,

1029
01:33:32,773 --> 01:33:36,247
without the consent
of the Bangwato themselves.

1030
01:33:44,625 --> 01:33:46,505
The report.

1031
01:33:50,030 --> 01:33:51,385
How did you get it?

1032
01:33:52,472 --> 01:33:56,470
Let's say not everyone is proud of what
their government does on their behalf.

1033
01:33:59,399 --> 01:34:03,603
Harragin concludes
that you are a fit and proper person

1034
01:34:03,804 --> 01:34:05,638
to succeed to the kingdom.

1035
01:34:07,728 --> 01:34:09,083
And that you, Ruth,

1036
01:34:09,249 --> 01:34:11,482
are acceptable to the Bangwato people.

1037
01:34:12,452 --> 01:34:17,293
But that neither of you
are acceptable to South Africa.

1038
01:34:19,700 --> 01:34:21,021
It's your proof.

1039
01:34:28,228 --> 01:34:31,942
Because my exile is now permanent,

1040
01:34:32,072 --> 01:34:36,515
I need to put our family affairs in order.

1041
01:34:37,678 --> 01:34:39,831
As a consequence, I would like

1042
01:34:39,960 --> 01:34:42,717
to arrange a meeting with my uncle

1043
01:34:42,843 --> 01:34:44,962
in Bechuanaland,

1044
01:34:45,085 --> 01:34:48,799
and so I'm requesting permission
to travel.

1045
01:34:52,252 --> 01:34:56,330
Well, Mr Khama,
I have looked at your request.

1046
01:34:58,498 --> 01:35:01,141
And as a gesture of goodwill,

1047
01:35:01,301 --> 01:35:04,901
and to ensure that all can see
the sincerity of our efforts

1048
01:35:05,025 --> 01:35:09,582
to keep peace within your tribe...
I will allow it.

1049
01:35:11,832 --> 01:35:15,272
But only for a period of one week.

1050
01:35:16,717 --> 01:35:19,713
By which point we expect you
to have dealt with whatever...

1051
01:35:21,602 --> 01:35:25,155
...family concerns
you may need to address.

1052
01:35:27,287 --> 01:35:28,689
Thank you.

1053
01:35:33,974 --> 01:35:36,172
How kind of you, Mr Roberts.

1054
01:35:36,336 --> 01:35:38,615
I hope you know how appreciative we are.

1055
01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:01,753
We have a very difficult negotiation.

1056
01:36:04,084 --> 01:36:05,759
Yes, Uncle.

1057
01:36:27,548 --> 01:36:30,942
This is Jacqueline.

1058
01:36:33,554 --> 01:36:34,955
She is a sweet one.

1059
01:36:36,036 --> 01:36:37,631
I was going to put her down, but I...

1060
01:36:38,959 --> 01:36:41,522
I think she'd rather be
in another mother's arms.

1061
01:36:52,653 --> 01:36:54,452
Yes, she's a sweet one.

1062
01:36:59,179 --> 01:37:00,535
I have read your letter.

1063
01:37:03,263 --> 01:37:05,461
And what are your thoughts, Uncle?

1064
01:37:14,394 --> 01:37:18,074
If we can agree now
to let go of our claims to the kingship,

1065
01:37:18,198 --> 01:37:20,670
we will be equal private citizens.

1066
01:37:20,841 --> 01:37:24,839
Then my marriage can be of no concern
to South Africa, Great Britain or anyone.

1067
01:37:25,926 --> 01:37:29,286
Any disagreement between you and me
becomes a domestic squabble,

1068
01:37:29,449 --> 01:37:31,124
not an affair of state.

1069
01:37:32,172 --> 01:37:34,052
Then I will be allowed to return home.

1070
01:37:35,856 --> 01:37:37,577
And we can start to rebuild.

1071
01:37:40,220 --> 01:37:45,061
You're speaking of dismantling hundreds
and hundreds of years of tradition.

1072
01:37:53,433 --> 01:37:56,748
Uncle... you should read this.

1073
01:37:58,398 --> 01:38:00,518
You, me, our people...

1074
01:38:01,722 --> 01:38:04,114
...we have been pawns
in somebody else's game.

1075
01:38:16,857 --> 01:38:18,258
They are coming.

1076
01:38:25,706 --> 01:38:28,064
You may have convinced me, Seretse...

1077
01:38:29,109 --> 01:38:31,832
...but now you're going
to have to convince the people.

1078
01:38:42,122 --> 01:38:44,720
I believe that two days ago, Mr Khama,

1079
01:38:44,845 --> 01:38:46,520
you had a meeting with your uncle,

1080
01:38:46,687 --> 01:38:49,922
authorised by Mr Roberts
in the Commonwealth Office.

1081
01:38:51,011 --> 01:38:54,850
Mr Roberts will not be available
in the future to make such decisions.

1082
01:38:56,136 --> 01:38:59,257
I also know you want to discuss
the outcome of that meeting with me

1083
01:38:59,379 --> 01:39:01,851
for relay to the British Government.

1084
01:39:02,663 --> 01:39:05,659
Before you begin, let me be clear.

1085
01:39:07,187 --> 01:39:10,388
There can and will be no circumstance

1086
01:39:10,551 --> 01:39:13,945
in which we will allow you
to return to Bechuanaland permanently.

1087
01:39:18,599 --> 01:39:20,558
No... circumstance?

1088
01:39:22,082 --> 01:39:26,126
Not even a hand-delivered copy
of the Harragin report to the press?

1089
01:39:28,128 --> 01:39:31,921
"Government lies to British public
for fear of South Africa in Khama affair."

1090
01:39:37,217 --> 01:39:38,938
There would be conditions.

1091
01:39:41,061 --> 01:39:43,738
I would have to discuss them
with the government.

1092
01:39:45,826 --> 01:39:48,024
You should know this, Mr Khama...

1093
01:39:49,429 --> 01:39:53,313
I would personally demand that you
give up all claim to the chieftainship,

1094
01:39:53,433 --> 01:39:55,587
and that your uncle do the same.

1095
01:39:56,917 --> 01:39:58,318
Sir Alistair,

1096
01:39:59,079 --> 01:40:01,277
I don't have to do anything anymore.

1097
01:40:02,883 --> 01:40:05,354
But... I will agree to that.

1098
01:40:07,528 --> 01:40:12,243
And... upon condition that
we continue direct rule from London.

1099
01:40:13,614 --> 01:40:15,049
I will agree to this, also.

1100
01:40:17,297 --> 01:40:21,011
Up to the point
where we will hold democratic elections,

1101
01:40:21,221 --> 01:40:23,180
and declare our independence.

1102
01:40:26,106 --> 01:40:29,626
Yes, well, an election process
is hardly on the agenda.

1103
01:40:32,753 --> 01:40:34,633
I suspect your government

1104
01:40:34,795 --> 01:40:38,793
may take a slightly more
respectful position moving forward.

1105
01:40:38,959 --> 01:40:44,677
You will be aware of the recent
discovery of diamonds on our lands?

1106
01:40:47,127 --> 01:40:48,563
Yes, well...

1107
01:40:50,891 --> 01:40:53,568
Any resources Bechuanaland may have are...

1108
01:40:55,055 --> 01:40:57,447
...hardly relevant
to this issue, Mr Khama.

1109
01:40:58,338 --> 01:41:03,259
I hope you caught the news that
your Commonwealth under-secretary

1110
01:41:04,184 --> 01:41:06,827
confirmed to Parliament that my people

1111
01:41:06,947 --> 01:41:10,865
control all mineral resources
in Bechuanaland.

1112
01:41:14,394 --> 01:41:16,832
You need my husband, Sir Alistair.

1113
01:41:22,523 --> 01:41:24,960
May I offer you a sherry?

1114
01:42:20,180 --> 01:42:22,174
My uncle and I

1115
01:42:22,342 --> 01:42:23,778
are now at peace.

1116
01:42:25,746 --> 01:42:27,979
The exile is over!

1117
01:42:35,115 --> 01:42:38,795
I have a new vision for our nation.

1118
01:42:40,761 --> 01:42:44,075
We are a people of tradition,
and rightly so.

1119
01:42:45,686 --> 01:42:48,123
But we need a change in Africa.

1120
01:42:48,769 --> 01:42:52,562
We need a change in Bechuanaland,
whether we like it or not.

1121
01:42:52,733 --> 01:42:56,777
Whether the colonial powers that be
like it or not.

1122
01:42:59,139 --> 01:43:03,502
It is time for us to take a step
beyond royal succession,

1123
01:43:03,624 --> 01:43:06,016
and into a democratic Bechuanaland.

1124
01:43:08,509 --> 01:43:10,308
To create a new nation,

1125
01:43:10,430 --> 01:43:14,064
not to be ruled by royalty here,
or royalty in great Britain,

1126
01:43:14,755 --> 01:43:20,154
but a country to be led
by those who you choose.

1127
01:43:23,804 --> 01:43:25,604
No man is free...

1128
01:43:27,007 --> 01:43:30,208
...who is not master of himself.

1129
01:43:44,625 --> 01:43:47,860
Brother and sisters,
it is time for democracy,

1130
01:43:48,549 --> 01:43:50,109
for independence,

1131
01:43:50,791 --> 01:43:53,832
for us to be the masters of our own fate.

1132
01:43:54,675 --> 01:43:56,235
A new Bechuanaland.

1133
01:43:56,396 --> 01:43:58,276
A new Africa.

1134
01:43:59,640 --> 01:44:00,995
It is time!

1135
01:44:07,367 --> 01:44:10,842
<i>Pula, pula, pula, pula...</i>

1136
01:44:11,011 --> 01:44:12,332
Ruth!

1136
01:44:13,305 --> 01:44:19,637
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