Elsewhere during the conversation, Oyelowo said the chance to make a period film featuring a black protagonist was one of the “primary motivations” for making A United Kingdom.
It’s no coincidence both David Oyelowo’s two films premiering at the Toronto film festival – A United Kingdom and Queen of Katwe – were directed by women.
“I watched how perspective from your own racial bias can impact a film,” Oyelowo said of making the film.
“That’s one of our big imports, is a good period drama,” said Oyelowo, who was born in Oxford, England to Nigerian parents.