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- 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,201
- 'My dear nephew...
- 2
- 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,522
- '...as your uncle and guardian,
- 3
- 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,689
- 'my task is to inform you
- 4
- 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,601
- 'that is now time for you
- to return home to Bechuanaland.
- 5
- 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,326
- 'To use the knowledge that you have
- gained from your time in England
- 6
- 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,569
- 'to ensure the advancement
- of our people,
- 7
- 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,648
- 'our nation.
- 8
- 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,810
- 'You left a boy,
- now you must return a man.
- 9
- 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,763
- 'Arrangements have begun.
- 10
- 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,761
- 'I am filled with joy
- for our reunion and our future.
- 11
- 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,450
- <i>'Pula.'</i>
- 12
- 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,803
- Seretse, are you OK?
- Teach him a lesson.
- 13
- 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:11,365
- You monkey!
- 14
- 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,449
- You didn't see that coming.
- 15
- 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,770
- - That was not a fair fight.
- - You were too predictable.
- 16
- 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,283
- Come on. We'll be late for class.
- 17
- 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,449
- ♪ I'm going nowhere, getting no place
- 18
- 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,728
- ♪ Making no time with nobody
- 19
- 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,126
- ♪ No, baby
- 20
- 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,447
- ♪ Nobody, but you...
- 21
- 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,131
- Can you draw up my dress?
- 22
- 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,964
- I saw Teddy at the bus stop.
- 23
- 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,327
- He's been so down,
- since you ended it with him.
- 24
- 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,728
- Oh, well, he knows it's for the best.
- We wanted different things.
- 25
- 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,209
- Is that what you're wearing tonight?
- 26
- 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,800
- Muriel, I can't go
- to the Missionary Society dance.
- 27
- 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,770
- - They're your friends, not mine.
- - Oh, come on.
- 28
- 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,929
- 'Indians will go to their beds
- as subjects of the Queen,
- 29
- 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,451
- 'and awake to a new day.'
- 30
- 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,729
- The next day they'll awake to wish
- we were running the place again.
- 31
- 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,771
- Bye.
- 32
- 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,329
- - See you later.
- - Are you going, Ruth?
- 33
- 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,123
- - Yes, Dad.
- - What for?
- 34
- 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,605
- She's keeping me company.
- 35
- 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,124
- - Well, mind yourselves.
- - Hmm, don't come back a missionary.
- 36
- 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:45,010
- Ah, Muriel! Thank you.
- We are a little short this evening.
- 37
- 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,361
- Oh, I've brought my sister, Ruth.
- 38
- 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,329
- How nice of you to come.
- 39
- 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:51,891
- Oh!
- 40
- 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,606
- - Would you like to dance with me?
- - Of course, Ade.
- 41
- 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,410
- It would never happen.
- It's futile.
- 42
- 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,927
- So, there'll be bloodshed.
- 43
- 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,970
- A fight doesn't always
- have to be about violence.
- 44
- 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,248
- Understand the imperialist mind,
- 45
- 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:07,890
- and you can outmanoeuvre it.
- 46
- 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,002
- Isn't that why we are all here?
- 47
- 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,886
- There is an Africa that doesn't have
- to be about white or black exclusion.
- 48
- 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,321
- An Africa that is about
- unity, inclusion and equality.
- 49
- 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,247
- That's the original idealist!
- 50
- 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,445
- Would you like to dance?
- 51
- 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,210
- Thank you very much.
- 52
- 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,203
- What's this song supposed to be?
- 53
- 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,761
- I don't know,
- but they are utterly butchering it.
- 54
- 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,611
- I've been trying to work out the melody
- since they began.
- 55
- 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,961
- Sorry. I...
- 56
- 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,447
- I do love jazz, but I've never trusted
- an Englishman to play it.
- 57
- 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,204
- Would you like to dance?
- 58
- 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,682
- Rather lively, wasn't it?
- 59
- 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,881
- It was good fun. Where's he from?
- 60
- 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,968
- Oh, everybody adores Seretse.
- 61
- 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,690
- He's over from Bechuanaland.
- 62
- 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,406
- - What's he studying?
- - Law. Like the rest.
- 63
- 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,928
- Just looking at this claim. A small error,
- if you could just do it again...
- 64
- 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,525
- Hmm.
- 65
- 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,928
- Oh, there's a parcel for you over there.
- 66
- 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,004
- Who is Mr Khama?
- 67
- 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,446
- Oh, my goodness.
- 68
- 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,401
- ♪ I'm gone buzzin'...
- 69
- 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:25,925
- Ruth!
- 70
- 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,769
- He's invited me to a dance.
- 71
- 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,767
- He says he can get another ticket
- if you'd like to take me.
- 72
- 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,121
- I wouldn't like to take you.
- 73
- 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,561
- I haven't danced like that
- since I left home.
- 74
- 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,842
- Well, then I'm so pleased
- we're doing this.
- 75
- 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,601
- I'm so pleased to have agreed to come to
- a dance with a man I know nothing about!
- 76
- 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,569
- Who are you, Mr Khama?
- 77
- 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,810
- Well, I, uh...
- 78
- 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,848
- I grew up with my little sister, Naledi.
- 79
- 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,885
- Our mother and father died
- when... I was three.
- 80
- 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,365
- Oh, that's...
- 81
- 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,727
- Oh, no, no, no.
- We, we were raised by my uncle.
- 82
- 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,923
- He's like a father to us.
- We've been very fortunate.
- 83
- 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,368
- How about you? If I...
- 84
- 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,127
- If I were to ask you to tell me something
- about you I couldn't possibly guess?
- 85
- 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,846
- We were evacuated to the countryside,
- Muriel and I,
- 86
- 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,611
- but I couldn't bear the boredom.
- 87
- 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,610
- So I asked them
- to take me at Friston, the airfield.
- 88
- 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,449
- I drove the crash ambulance for them.
- 89
- 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,881
- Ferrying the injured fighter pilots.
- 90
- 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,603
- I looked it up, you know, your country.
- 91
- 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,844
- The size of France
- and 121,000 inhabitants.
- 92
- 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,201
- And one of the poorest countries
- in the world.
- 93
- 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,685
- Is that right?
- 94
- 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,442
- We asked for the protection
- of Queen Victoria.
- 95
- 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,206
- And she agreed. Eventually.
- 96
- 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,961
- It was that, or face invasion
- from a racialist South Africa.
- 97
- 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,807
- - Sounds like no choice at all.
- - What is the saying?
- 98
- 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,641
- "No man is free,
- who is not master of himself."
- 99
- 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,764
- I wish we could see the stars.
- 100
- 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,727
- They take your breath away
- back in Bechuanaland.
- 101
- 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,407
- It never fails to astonish me.
- 102
- 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,443
- You are cold.
- 103
- 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,924
- We should stop here.
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- 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,001
- My father, he wouldn't approve.
- 105
- 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,683
- I'm just two streets away.
- Can we do this again?
- 106
- 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,565
- I mean, meet?
- 107
- 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:37,250
- Is that too forward of me?
- 108
- 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:38,725
- No.
- 109
- 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,322
- - No, it...
- - What?
- 110
- 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:45,806
- Queen Victoria...
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- 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,762
- The man who negotiated for
- her protection of Bechuanaland...
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- 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:54,085
- he was my grandfather.
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- 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:56,725
- A king.
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- 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,564
- I am his heir.
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- 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,243
- For more than 20 years, my uncle
- has been on the throne as regent
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- 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,362
- preparing me to rule.
- 117
- 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,164
- My education is now complete,
- 118
- 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,408
- and it is time for me to return.
- 119
- 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,968
- Oh. I see.
- 120
- 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,887
- Thank you. Thank you for explaining.
- 121
- 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:30,324
- Not simply disappearing.
- 122
- 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,930
- I quite understand.
- 123
- 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,930
- I have had a wonderful evening.
- 124
- 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,211
- Ruth.
- 125
- 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,441
- No, I-I-I don't think you do understand.
- 126
- 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,923
- I don't know what happened tonight.
- 127
- 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,806
- But I do know that I would hate to walk
- away from you here in this moment,
- 128
- 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,968
- knowing that I wouldn't see you again.
- 129
- 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,371
- Well, then you must.
- 130
- 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,690
- See me again, I mean.
- 131
- 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,202
- Uh, Mr Khama?
- 132
- 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,251
- Thank you.
- 133
- 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,766
- Father will hate him on sight.
- 134
- 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,326
- He's clever than him and he's black.
- 135
- 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,002
- - Oh!
- - Yes, yes, yes!
- 136
- 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,130
- Have you ever been in love?
- 137
- 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,405
- No.
- 138
- 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,120
- And then Ruth Williams came along.
- 139
- 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,044
- Look, it's a coon.
- 140
- 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,605
- Out of the zoo for a night.
- 141
- 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:34,091
- - Scum!
- - Ignore him.
- 142
- 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,328
- Look who's talking!
- Cheap slut!
- 143
- 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,170
- - That's enough.
- - Yeah?
- 144
- 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,567
- - Seretse...
- - Don't!
- 145
- 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,611
- - Ruth...
- - Oi! Get your black hands off what's ours!
- 146
- 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,085
- I'm not yours!
- 147
- 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,728
- Stop it! Get off him.
- 148
- 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,808
- Seretse...
- 149
- 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,410
- Black bastard!
- 150
- 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,925
- Move back!
- 151
- 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,371
- Savage!
- 152
- 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,571
- Oh, Ruth.
- 153
- 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,880
- They're yobs.
- You can't let them get to you.
- 154
- 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,049
- No, I'm not even giving them
- a second thought.
- 155
- 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,371
- Then what is it?
- 156
- 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,365
- It scares me a bit.
- 157
- 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,729
- The way he makes me feel.
- 158
- 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,206
- Ruth, he has to go back
- to his own country.
- 159
- 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,765
- I know.
- 160
- 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,886
- Just let me enjoy it while it lasts.
- 161
- 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:53,809
- - Am I late?
- - No. No, not at all.
- 162
- 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,285
- Is something the matter?
- 163
- 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,130
- I have been... thinking
- about my responsibilities
- 164
- 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,402
- back home in Bechuanaland.
- 165
- 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,891
- There is so much
- that I need to do there.
- 166
- 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,650
- But I know that I will never
- achieve anything worthwhile...
- 167
- 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,641
- ...if I leave my heart here.
- 168
- 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,921
- Uh, I'm not asking for an answer
- this, this very second.
- 169
- 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,211
- All I, all I ask of you is that you...
- 170
- 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,168
- ...go away and, and think about it,
- 171
- 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,285
- Because, uh, there...
- there is a lot to think about.
- 172
- 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,843
- And...
- 173
- 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,007
- I don't need to think about it.
- 174
- 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,611
- I know I love you.
- 175
- 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,204
- And I know what you're asking.
- 176
- 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,530
- What it means.
- 177
- 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,325
- And yes.
- 178
- 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,090
- Yes.
- 179
- 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,725
- Yes, Seretse, I will marry you.
- 180
- 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,731
- White? British? Oh, God.
- 181
- 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,524
- And she's a salesman's daughter!
- 182
- 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,769
- I don't care if her mother sells fish
- in the market! I love her!
- 183
- 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,451
- Aren't you supposed
- to ask for your uncle's consent
- 184
- 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,011
- before you ask for her hand?
- 185
- 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,525
- And your people?
- 186
- 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,171
- 'Dear Uncle...
- 187
- 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,761
- '...I realise this won't please you.
- 188
- 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,883
- 'You and the tribe won't like it.
- 189
- 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,245
- 'I have asked an Englishwoman
- to marry me.
- 190
- 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,651
- 'A white woman.'
- 191
- 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,446
- It will not happen.
- 192
- 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,405
- It Will.
- 193
- 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,322
- What in God's name is wrong with you?
- 194
- 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,327
- At least Muriel
- only wants to convert them!
- 195
- 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,401
- I've said yes.
- 196
- 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,727
- - She might change her mind, George.
- - She won't!
- 197
- 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,927
- Mum, I've met the man
- I want to spend my life with.
- 198
- 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,771
- And how many other wives
- do you think he's already got, eh?
- 199
- 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,371
- - You disgust me.
- - George, don't.
- 200
- 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,363
- You think about this, Ruth.
- 201
- 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,923
- You marry a black,
- you make it impossible for us.
- 202
- 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,083
- For your mother, for Muriel.
- 203
- 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,445
- You may choose
- a life of insults and shame...
- 204
- 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,925
- ...but what about us?
- 205
- 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,045
- We've only ever loved you.
- 206
- 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,531
- Father...
- 207
- 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:16,930
- I can't see you again.
- 208
- 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,445
- Not if you choose him.
- 209
- 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,364
- This... is not how I wanted it to be.
- 210
- 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,329
- You separated from your family.
- 211
- 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,284
- I have fears, Ruth.
- 212
- 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,801
- Not just about this, but... my uncle.
- 213
- 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,764
- You can't take us all this way
- to tell me you have fears!
- 214
- 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,370
- Not for me, for you!
- 215
- 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,966
- For everything
- I am asking you to sacrifice.
- 216
- 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,727
- Can you... even imagine a life in Africa?
- 217
- 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,765
- Yes.
- 218
- 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,369
- We'll take it moment by moment,
- won't we?
- 219
- 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,931
- Together.
- 220
- 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:12,886
- Morning, ladies.
- 221
- 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,401
- An early tea break for you all.
- 222
- 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,889
- I need to speak to Miss Williams.
- 223
- 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,010
- Ruth, uh, there's a gentleman
- to see you.
- 224
- 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,449
- Good morning.
- 225
- 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,409
- I'll leave you to it.
- 226
- 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,968
- Sir Alistair Canning.
- 227
- 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:41,522
- I am the British Government
- representative in southern Africa.
- 228
- 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,246
- And yet I find myself in London today.
- 229
- 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,849
- Because it is my duty to inform you
- 230
- 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,406
- that Mr Seretse Khama
- has been gravely mistaken
- 231
- 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,609
- in believing he may take you
- as his wife.
- 232
- 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,808
- A marriage between you
- cannot take place.
- 233
- 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,443
- A chief cannot simply come to London,
- 234
- 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,843
- and pluck a girl out of a typing pool.
- 235
- 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,371
- I'm not a typist.
- 236
- 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,164
- Any union between you and Mr Khama
- will have implications
- 237
- 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:15,047
- for the not-insignificant neighbouring
- countries of Bechuanaland.
- 238
- 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,440
- Not least South Africa,
- 239
- 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:21,640
- the prime minister of which is currently
- enshrining into law the policy of...
- 240
- 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,650
- The policy of apartheid.
- 241
- 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,205
- Do you know this word?
- 242
- 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,251
- No.
- 243
- 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,130
- No. Well, it is this...
- 244
- 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,284
- The black must live separately
- from the white.
- 245
- 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,045
- He must attend
- his own school, hospital, church,
- 246
- 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,410
- and he must never conjoin
- with a white woman.
- 247
- 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,885
- Your entry in Africa with him
- 248
- 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,767
- would be seen as a flagrant disregard
- for the current political climate.
- 249
- 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,447
- It would be an act more powerful
- than your limited experience
- 250
- 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,602
- will allow you to comprehend.
- 251
- 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,286
- We have already heard the presidents
- of South Africa, southwest Africa
- 252
- 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,243
- and the Rhodesias.
- 253
- 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:15,160
- Yet all demanding that
- this marriage not take place.
- 254
- 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,965
- As a matter of diplomatic necessity.
- 255
- 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:21,805
- I take it you need no more from me
- 256
- 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,241
- to confirm that
- you will not marry this man.
- 257
- 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,841
- I will confirm nothing of the kind.
- 258
- 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,804
- Have you no shame?
- 259
- 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,649
- The British administration may dictate
- many things in my country,
- 260
- 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,967
- but they will not dictate who I marry.
- 261
- 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,691
- They are trying to define us,
- based on their rules,
- 262
- 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,041
- their idea of the world,
- and how they see it.
- 263
- 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,328
- Seretse, do you hear yourself?
- 264
- 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,004
- These men are at the very top
- of government. They're powerful.
- 265
- 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,640
- - Muriel, stop interfering.
- - Stop it! Both of you!
- 266
- 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,245
- Ruth...
- 267
- 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,288
- Father won't talk to you.
- 268
- 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,051
- You're called a whore in the street,
- and now this.
- 269
- 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,127
- You know how much I love Seretse.
- 270
- 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,207
- But you don't have to do this.
- 271
- 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,531
- Muriel, I've never wanted anything
- like I want this.
- 272
- 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,411
- Enter.
- 273
- 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,245
- Sir.
- 274
- 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,930
- Mr Khama.
- 275
- 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:55,691
- Good morning.
- 276
- 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,445
- Sir Alistair Canning.
- 277
- 00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,840
- How do you do?
- 278
- 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:03,646
- I believe you've met my fiancée,
- Ruth Williams.
- 279
- 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,171
- - Indeed.
- - Sir.
- 280
- 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,441
- We are told you can provide us
- with some information, Sir Alistair.
- 281
- 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,170
- Well, if I can,
- 282
- 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,968
- then I most certainly will.
- 283
- 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,129
- Who exactly has asked you
- to interfere with my wish to marry?
- 284
- 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,284
- I will tell you... exactly.
- 285
- 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,722
- I received advice
- from the Archbishop of Canterbury,
- 286
- 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,845
- who was instructed by the Secretary
- of State for Commonwealth Affairs,
- 287
- 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,409
- who was himself instructed
- by the solicitor, Douglas Buchanan,
- 288
- 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,802
- who was, in turn,
- instructed by his client,
- 289
- 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,003
- your uncle, Tshekedi Khama.
- 290
- 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,331
- So, you see...
- 291
- 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,963
- ...everyone here,
- and in southern Africa,
- 292
- 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:58,243
- is acting entirely according
- to the wishes... of your uncle.
- 293
- 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,891
- I knew he wouldn't take it well,
- that he'd be angry with me,
- 294
- 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,321
- but why is he allowing himself
- to be used by them?
- 295
- 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,761
- It's only you and I
- who want us to be together.
- 296
- 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,291
- No one else.
- 297
- 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,086
- You are the only one
- I want to spend my life with.
- 298
- 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,000
- There's nothing in law
- that says we cannot marry.
- 299
- 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,724
- Have you got the rings?
- 300
- 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,850
- It is with pleasure
- I pronounce you man and wife.
- 301
- 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,848
- May I offer you my congratulations?
- 302
- 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,929
- Thank you so much.
- 303
- 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,171
- Mrs Khama...
- 304
- 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,251
- Mrs Khama, do you intend
- to learn the native language?
- 305
- 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,324
- - I will try, yes.
- - And I will give her plenty of help.
- 306
- 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,605
- Mr Khama, I hear your tribe are rebelling
- against you bringing a white queen home,
- 307
- 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,609
- according to South Africa
- this morning.
- 308
- 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,240
- South Africa has her own agenda.
- 309
- 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,442
- Perhaps you should report on that.
- 310
- 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,204
- Thank you. That'll be all.
- 311
- 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,205
- Rebelling?
- 312
- 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:21,091
- It's exaggeration. It has to be.
- 313
- 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,205
- 'Bechuanaland chief from the
- southern African British protectorate...'
- 314
- 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,369
- 'Office girl, Ruth Khama,
- will travel to Africa...'
- 315
- 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,171
- 'Bechuanaland
- will meet their new queen...'
- 316
- 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,081
- Mrs Khama... welcome.
- 317
- 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,127
- Will your family be coming to visit?
- 318
- 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,004
- Sir.
- 319
- 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,247
- Sir Alistair Canning
- wants to meet before I see my uncle.
- 320
- 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,011
- Good afternoon, sir.
- 321
- 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,282
- I have special dispensation as the king.
- 322
- 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,687
- But we use a different entrance.
- 323
- 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,331
- Mr and Mrs Khama.
- 324
- 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,442
- Welcome, Mrs Khama.
- 325
- 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,364
- Thank you.
- 326
- 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,683
- We didn't want to leave it too long
- before Ruth could see her new home.
- 327
- 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,722
- What would you like to drink,
- Mrs Khama?
- 328
- 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,604
- Gin and lime would be lovely.
- 329
- 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,848
- We have lemonade for you, Mr Khama.
- 330
- 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,241
- You are aware of the prohibition
- of alcohol for blacks in Bechuanaland?
- 331
- 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,003
- Well, if my husband is having lemonade,
- then I will have lemonade.
- 332
- 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:08,003
- Ah, here he is! It's our new district
- commissioner, Mr Rufus Lancaster.
- 333
- 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,611
- How do you do, Mr Khama?
- 334
- 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,085
- A pleasure.
- 335
- 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,882
- - Mrs Khama.
- - How do you do?
- 336
- 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,123
- Let me pour you that lemonade.
- 337
- 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,882
- I've asked Mr Lancaster along
- 338
- 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,241
- to give you an assessment of affairs
- in Serowe,
- 339
- 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:27,251
- in light of your meeting at the kgotla,
- Mr Khama.
- 340
- 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,607
- You would like to tell me
- how my people are feeling?
- 341
- 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,520
- 80% of the people
- support your uncle's refusal
- 342
- 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,246
- to accept your wife
- as queen of your tribe.
- 343
- 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,850
- May I ask how you arrived
- at that figure, Mr Lancaster?
- 344
- 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,282
- We are recommending that you resign
- any claim to the chieftainship,
- 345
- 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,324
- and that you announce that fact
- to your tribe with a meeting.
- 346
- 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,284
- The kgotla, Sir Alistair,
- 347
- 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,131
- is the place where
- our tribal decisions are made,
- 348
- 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,687
- where every man has his say.
- 349
- 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,408
- There, and only there, can the support or
- dissatisfaction of my people be measured.
- 350
- 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,042
- Where they will decide whether
- they wish for me to remain king.
- 351
- 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,682
- I believe you call it democracy.
- 352
- 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,047
- Mr Khama,
- you understand the risks you're taking.
- 353
- 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,601
- You're forcing the tribe to take sides.
- 354
- 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,768
- This could cause a dangerous divide.
- 355
- 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,770
- Make your country... ungovernable.
- 356
- 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,126
- And it would open up South Africa's
- claim to annex Bechuanaland.
- 357
- 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,281
- Britain has long prevented it.
- 358
- 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,169
- But for how much longer?
- 359
- 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,008
- Lancaster just about got
- through the evening
- 360
- 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,766
- without calling me
- an ungrateful nigger.
- 361
- 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,570
- Can they really hand over
- an entire country just like that?
- 362
- 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,125
- They wouldn't risk it.
- 363
- 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,529
- Malan's regime has very little support
- from the British public.
- 364
- 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,129
- But you're worried.
- 365
- 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,721
- You know, I've seen the news reels.
- I know what's happening in South Africa.
- 366
- 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,804
- It's poison,
- and it's already affecting you here.
- 367
- 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,440
- That sign outside.
- 368
- 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,250
- You have those in England too.
- 369
- 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,646
- I know.
- 370
- 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,806
- No blacks, no Irish, no dogs.
- 371
- 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,882
- But I didn't expect it
- in your own country.
- 372
- 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,571
- Come.
- 373
- 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,808
- It's your first night in Bechuanaland.
- I don't want you to be sad.
- 374
- 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,170
- Let us not allow
- the ugliness of this world
- 375
- 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,009
- to take our joy away from us.
- 376
- 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,926
- Another!
- 377
- 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,044
- Oh...
- 378
- 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,441
- - Shh, shh.
- - What?
- 379
- 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,127
- Can you hear that?
- It's the music from the bar.
- 380
- 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,450
- Dance with me.
- 381
- 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,248
- Whoo! Oh!
- 382
- 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,325
- What...? Ah!
- 383
- 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,045
- My home.
- 384
- 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,371
- Our home.
- 385
- 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,922
- White woman.
- 386
- 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,364
- Is that your mother?
- 387
- 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,731
- Uh, no.
- No, that is my Uncle Tshekedi's mother.
- 388
- 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,731
- That is me on the day
- he became a regent.
- 389
- 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,368
- Uncle... this is Ruth.
- 390
- 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,727
- I'm very pleased to meet you, sir.
- 391
- 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,729
- I will speak to my nephew alone.
- 392
- 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,690
- Refreshments will be provided
- for her in the house.
- 393
- 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,922
- Over two decades of preparing you
- to be our king,
- 394
- 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:56,923
- and this is how you face me.
- 395
- 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,809
- A white woman by your side.
- 396
- 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,201
- - Uncle...
- - Are you trying to tear us apart?
- 397
- 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,330
- I am Naledi, Seretse's sister.
- 398
- 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,649
- Naledi.
- 399
- 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,604
- - Seretse's told me so much.
- - Please don't.
- 400
- 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,290
- Why would you do this to us?
- 401
- 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,204
- To yourself?
- 402
- 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,767
- Be somewhere and be something
- that makes no sense to you?
- 403
- 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,609
- Look at them.
- 404
- 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:33,609
- They are fighting because of you.
- 405
- 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,451
- I mean you no harm.
- 406
- 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:44,126
- Do you understand what mother,
- mother, of our nation means?
- 407
- 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,687
- I married Seretse's uncle
- knowing my responsibility.
- 408
- 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:58,448
- That one day Seretse's wife
- would be chosen from our nation,
- 409
- 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,443
- and I would hand over to her.
- 410
- 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,290
- We have waited years for the day
- we would see her rule by his side.
- 411
- 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,326
- Your first duty is to your people.
- 412
- 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:10,930
- Your nation.
- 413
- 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,284
- Seretse, you're a son to me.
- 414
- 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,603
- Please... be my son.
- 415
- 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,571
- I will entertain you in my home,
- if that is my husband's wish.
- 416
- 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:29,527
- But don't insult us.
- 417
- 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,210
- It's...
- 418
- 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,209
- ...audacious of you to come here,
- 419
- 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,010
- and present yourself married,
- 420
- 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,640
- as if it were your right to be our queen.
- 421
- 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,369
- Who do you think will accept you?
- The men?
- 422
- 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:48,289
- - I...
- - Us? The women?
- 423
- 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,601
- To have a white woman
- who we must love
- 424
- 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:54,644
- and trust and respect as our sovereign?
- 425
- 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,124
- Whoo.
- 426
- 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:04,244
- You belong to the whites,
- but they won't want you, either.
- 427
- 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,884
- You insult us all.
- 428
- 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,170
- Let him go.
- 429
- 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,565
- We need him more than you.
- 430
- 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,000
- You will obey me,
- and you will divorce her!
- 431
- 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,685
- No, sir.
- 432
- 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:29,886
- I will not.
- 433
- 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,249
- Then listen to me, boy.
- 434
- 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,247
- You will stand up
- in the kgotla tomorrow...
- 435
- 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,847
- ...and you will renounce your birthright.
- 436
- 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,882
- And any right to the throne.
- 437
- 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,249
- We've misjudged this, haven't we?
- 438
- 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,524
- Would the British
- have accepted it
- 439
- 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:06,567
- if Princess Elizabeth had come here,
- and taken one of us
- 440
- 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,523
- as her husband?
- 441
- 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,850
- A negro king of England.
- Can you imagine?
- 442
- 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,322
- She would have been refused!
- 443
- 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,408
- Every right on her claim to the throne
- removed from her!
- 444
- 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,851
- Just as we must refuse my nephew here!
- 445
- 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,087
- If he does not divorce this white woman!
- 446
- 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,407
- Seretse... honour your people.
- 447
- 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,287
- Do not belittle your kingdom!
- 448
- 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:08,687
- Over there in
- the royal burial ground lies my father...
- 449
- 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:14,249
- ...his father and his father before him.
- 450
- 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:19,248
- If I had married a woman
- of my uncle's choosing,
- 451
- 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,200
- he would, this day,
- proudly be confirming me king,
- 452
- 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,243
- and the line of royal succession,
- 453
- 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:26,725
- centuries old,
- 454
- 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,922
- would remain unbroken.
- 455
- 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,167
- I am proud of my lineage,
- 456
- 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,681
- and I respect my uncle.
- 457
- 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:40,362
- But he does not have the right
- to decide on my succession to the throne.
- 458
- 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,563
- I believe the people, and only the people,
- 459
- 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,641
- should have that right.
- 460
- 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,526
- My commitment to you
- has never diminished.
- 461
- 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:56,123
- But I am told that you no longer
- wish for me to honour my duty
- 462
- 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:57,890
- to serve you as your king
- 463
- 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,571
- because of the colour of the wife
- I have chosen.
- 464
- 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,927
- South Africa's racialist disease
- 465
- 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:09,927
- has infected
- all our neighbouring countries and us.
- 466
- 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,445
- Look around you.
- 467
- 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,084
- Our schools, hospitals, churches
- 468
- 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,807
- all segregated in practice, if not in law.
- 469
- 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:24,730
- Are we now to uphold the abomination
- that is apartheid in our own kgotla?
- 470
- 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,164
- The very same abomination that
- has been oppressing us for decades?
- 471
- 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,129
- Is this to be the future for our Africa?
- 472
- 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,642
- We should not be
- fighting for segregation.
- 473
- 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,445
- We should be fighting for equality.
- 474
- 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,251
- That is where we should be
- focusing our minds,
- 475
- 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:50,684
- not on the wife I have chosen,
- who means you no harm,
- 476
- 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,724
- whose only apparent crime
- 477
- 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,002
- has been to fall in love with me!
- 478
- 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,846
- And mine to fall in love with her.
- 479
- 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,170
- I cannot serve you
- without her by my side.
- 480
- 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,527
- But I cannot force you to accept this.
- 481
- 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,407
- Africa can never be free,
- 482
- 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,281
- until all those who live in her,
- white and black,
- 483
- 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:28,203
- recognise that race must have
- no bearing on equality and justice.
- 484
- 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,528
- I am ready to serve you
- 485
- 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,120
- because I love my people.
- 486
- 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,449
- I love this land!
- 487
- 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,569
- But I love my wife.
- 488
- 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,765
- And I shall respect your will.
- 489
- 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,041
- Those who want Seretse as king,
- 490
- 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,730
- raise your hand.
- 491
- 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,810
- <i>Pula! Pula!</i>
- 492
- 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:01,608
- <i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>
- 493
- 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:06,009
- <i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>
- 494
- 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,162
- <i>Pula, pula, pula, pula.</i>
- 495
- 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,560
- Ma, what are they shouting?
- 496
- 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,611
- <i>Pula.</i>
- 497
- 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:34,685
- It means "rain".
- 498
- 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,842
- They're celebrating.
- 499
- 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,123
- <i>Pula, pula, pula!</i>
- 500
- 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,287
- Accept the vote
- and conclude the meeting.
- 501
- 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,683
- Uncle!
- 502
- 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,605
- Uncle!
- 503
- 00:44:58,600 --> 00:44:59,886
- Uncle.
- 504
- 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,924
- The British are not your allies.
- 505
- 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,688
- I know exactly what I'm doing,
- and why I'm doing it.
- 506
- 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,211
- Do you, Seretse?
- 507
- 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:15,607
- Do you think she is your ally?
- 508
- 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:19,611
- Your grandfather had no option,
- but to allow outsiders to rule us,
- 509
- 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:24,448
- but you... you bring this one
- to rule our tribe by choice.
- 510
- 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,046
- What you are doing
- is demeaning to your own people.
- 511
- 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:28,969
- This has nothing to do with love!
- 512
- 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:36,603
- So next time you look in the mirror,
- ask yourself this:
- 513
- 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:41,209
- were you not a king,
- would she ever even looked at you?
- 514
- 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,204
- Now she knows there's
- no Buckingham Palace in Serowe,
- 515
- 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,722
- how long before the village dust
- gets in her eyes?
- 516
- 00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,369
- Now you will see how an empire
- defends itself, Mr Khama.
- 517
- 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,329
- Where will he go?
- 518
- 00:46:57,240 --> 00:46:59,368
- He will start
- a new settlement somewhere.
- 519
- 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,362
- It's our way to avoid conflict.
- 520
- 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,607
- We stay apart, but we stay at peace.
- 521
- 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,286
- 'Let me show you the blood lilies.'
- 522
- 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,449
- - Something to discuss?
- - Indeed.
- 523
- 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,841
- Come. We shall leave the men to it.
- 524
- 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:27,965
- My wife is capable of hearing what the
- commissioner has to say, Mrs Lancaster.
- 525
- 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:33,125
- As you wish.
- 526
- 00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,161
- Though what I have to say
- she may not want to hear.
- 527
- 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:37,611
- Oh, but I do.
- 528
- 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,365
- There is going to be a delay
- 529
- 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:44,603
- in our acknowledgment
- of your position as tribal chief.
- 530
- 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,690
- Your uncle is questioning your legitimacy.
- 531
- 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,849
- There is nothing to be questioned
- in the decision of the kgotla.
- 532
- 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,851
- The approval of the kgotla
- was for your position as chief,
- 533
- 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,564
- not the suitability of your wife.
- 534
- 00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:01,241
- I made it quite clear that
- a vote for me was also a vote for my wife.
- 535
- 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,362
- They knew what they were voting for.
- 536
- 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,010
- Did they?
- 537
- 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:09,726
- Mr Khama, Sir Alistair Canning
- wants to be fair about this.
- 538
- 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,926
- It should reassure you to know
- that he has appointed
- 539
- 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,687
- the Chief Justice of the High Commission
- Territory, Sir Walter Harragin,
- 540
- 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,370
- to conduct an enquiry.
- 541
- 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,245
- Into what? My wife?
- 542
- 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,603
- An enquiry that will prove that
- our marriage has riled South Africa?
- 543
- 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,603
- South Africa is not the issue.
- 544
- 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:30,361
- Sir Alistair looked me square in the eye
- in London and said that it was.
- 545
- 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:32,883
- Well, then you clearly misunderstood.
- 546
- 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,809
- Seretse, do I look like a fool to you?
- 547
- 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,285
- Not in the slightest.
- 548
- 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,446
- Commissioner,
- to keep up this false pretence
- 549
- 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:44,127
- that this is not about Great Britain's
- fears of South Africa's discontent
- 550
- 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:47,210
- and what that might mean for you
- and your government...
- 551
- 00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,131
- ...is very distasteful.
- 552
- 00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:55,371
- Mr Khama, neither you or I are privy
- to discussions of the British Cabinet.
- 553
- 00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,408
- But one thing you can be sure of
- 554
- 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,291
- are the conversations
- that I am having with your uncle.
- 555
- 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,007
- And it is he who demanded this enquiry.
- 556
- 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:18,362
- Hey. Ooh.
- 557
- 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,769
- Did I ever tell you I didn't
- just marry you for your good looks?
- 558
- 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,331
- Liar.
- 559
- 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:10,771
- Malaria.
- 560
- 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:02,802
- Six cattle died here ten days ago.
- 561
- 00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,883
- Then three white men came,
- and started drilling with a machine.
- 562
- 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:12,449
- We thought they had come here to
- help us find water, but they ignored us.
- 563
- 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,809
- I need help with some shopping.
- Can you come?
- 564
- 00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,411
- It's OK.
- 565
- 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:43,562
- Let's get you the things you need.
- 566
- 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:54,085
- Um...
- 567
- 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:01,411
- Cornflour.
- 568
- 00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:06,844
- Cornflour, <i>mma.</i>
- 569
- 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:27,331
- I missed you.
- 570
- 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,601
- Kwashiorkor, malnutrition, malaria.
- 571
- 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,206
- The hospitals can't cope
- with the demands.
- 572
- 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:53,610
- So what can we do?
- 573
- 00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:57,850
- We depend on the reports the district
- commissioner sends to London.
- 574
- 00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:02,010
- And they do nothing.
- There's no money left after the war.
- 575
- 00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:05,405
- They never gave us money
- before the war.
- 576
- 00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:08,006
- We pay the taxes they demand,
- and we get nothing.
- 577
- 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:24,931
- Mr Nash.
- 578
- 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,087
- What is keeping you here so long?
- 579
- 00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,607
- It's a beautiful country.
- 580
- 00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,763
- I should be flattered,
- but I don't believe you.
- 581
- 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:43,162
- - The story?
- - Oh, is that what I am? A story?
- 582
- 00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,289
- It's OK. I'm not offended.
- 583
- 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,164
- I thought I'd catch the film.
- 584
- 00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,931
- Only whites allowed I hear.
- 585
- 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,082
- And kings.
- 586
- 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,806
- - Even black ones.
- - Why do you come?
- 587
- 00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:59,411
- To something like this?
- 588
- 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,369
- There's not a black face in sight
- outside of the waiters and maids.
- 589
- 00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:08,371
- Defiance.
- 590
- 00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:13,202
- The knowledge that one day
- things will change because they have to.
- 591
- 00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:15,685
- And it has to start somewhere.
- 592
- 00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,410
- Mrs Khama... how nice to see you again.
- 593
- 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,365
- You too.
- 594
- 00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:25,325
- Thank you, my love.
- 595
- 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,166
- I read something of yours
- in "World Reporter".
- 596
- 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:32,725
- An old copy.
- 597
- 00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,601
- About the Chinese civil war.
- Was impressive.
- 598
- 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:40,446
- Hmm, it's true,
- I'm just a burnt-out war correspondent
- 599
- 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,329
- trying to find another story.
- 600
- 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:44,882
- Well, there's one, right there.
- 601
- 00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:47,928
- Drilling in the Naledi Valley.
- 602
- 00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,131
- Mineral testing.
- 603
- 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:54,283
- What? Copper? Diamonds?
- 604
- 00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:56,765
- I don't know,
- 605
- 00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:00,925
- but I imagine it wouldn't be difficult
- for someone like you to find out.
- 606
- 00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,967
- The valley stretches across
- into South Africa.
- 607
- 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,607
- It's been lucrative that side.
- Now they've started exploring our side.
- 608
- 00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:10,210
- Without our permission.
- 609
- 00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:12,849
- But with the British Government's?
- 610
- 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:14,325
- Presumably.
- 611
- 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:21,044
- You know what a discovery
- would mean to this country, to my people.
- 612
- 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,288
- It would change everything.
- 613
- 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,243
- But only if our interests are secured.
- 614
- 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,602
- I can do that if I'm ahead of the game.
- 615
- 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:33,880
- And if I have enough information.
- 616
- 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:39,205
- Enjoy the film.
- 617
- 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,602
- I have some rather good news for you.
- 618
- 00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:04,170
- A word after the film.
- 619
- 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,929
- Mr Khama, don't you want
- to hear the good news?
- 620
- 00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,769
- We have tickets for you.
- 621
- 00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,045
- Tickets?
- 622
- 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:16,131
- For what?
- 623
- 00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:20,689
- The government want to rectify the matter
- of your chieftainship face to face.
- 624
- 00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:22,606
- In London.
- 625
- 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,809
- Dealing with such matters long distance,
- it slows the process down,
- 626
- 00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,605
- which isn't good for you,
- and your people.
- 627
- 00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:34,763
- So we thought a month would suffice.
- 628
- 00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:37,291
- Oh.
- 629
- 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,562
- It would give you, Mrs Khama,
- an opportunity
- 630
- 00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:41,603
- to see your friends, see your family.
- 631
- 00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:51,965
- You shouldn't come.
- 632
- 00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:55,726
- They want me here and you in London.
- 633
- 00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,002
- That is why you must be here,
- and me in London.
- 634
- 00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,563
- I have to go back to resolve this.
- We don't have a choice in that.
- 635
- 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,604
- But if you come with me,
- they won't allow you back.
- 636
- 00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:09,843
- Why else would they purchase you
- a trip to visit your family?
- 637
- 00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:13,726
- You can't just go.
- Why would I be here by myself?
- 638
- 00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:18,360
- Seretse, I gave up everything
- to be with you, but I can't do this alone.
- 639
- 00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:23,167
- I promise as long as I live
- you will never be alone.
- 640
- 00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:26,249
- But if you leave with me...
- 641
- 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,006
- ...then I can never return because
- they will force you to stay in England,
- 642
- 00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:32,730
- and I will not return without you.
- 643
- 00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:12,205
- What the devil is this?
- 644
- 00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:16,604
- My people have decided
- that my wife should stay.
- 645
- 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:21,441
- Tell your people to remove themselves
- from this gate immediately.
- 646
- 00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,444
- Unfortunately,
- in the absence of your decision
- 647
- 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,329
- on my appointment as the king,
- 648
- 00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,761
- I don't have any power over them.
- 649
- 00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:42,242
- Mrs Khama, I strongly urge you
- to reconsider and come with us.
- 650
- 00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:44,884
- My husband has told you. He's...
- 651
- 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:49,249
- It's not within his power
- to order these people to do anything,
- 652
- 00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:50,725
- and as a woman...
- 653
- 00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:55,250
- ...well, I have no say
- in the matter whatsoever.
- 654
- 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,722
- So, alas, I'm powerless to help you.
- 655
- 01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,285
- - That was very good.
- - Thank you.
- 656
- 01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:22,890
- I'm ready, Commissioner.
- 657
- 01:00:39,160 --> 01:00:43,563
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- 658
- 01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:53,611
- Enter.
- 659
- 01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:58,442
- Ah, Mr Khama. Good afternoon.
- 660
- 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:01,888
- I'm grateful to you for returning
- to London. Do please take a seat.
- 661
- 01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:10,450
- I'm intrigued to know
- why you've brought me all this way.
- 662
- 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:12,250
- The government summoned me
- here last week
- 663
- 01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:14,442
- upon receipt of the Harragin report.
- 664
- 01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:18,525
- They have reviewed it and considered
- the conflict between you and your uncle.
- 665
- 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:21,848
- And after taking all things into account,
- 666
- 01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:23,769
- we have concluded
- 667
- 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:26,969
- that you should be exiled
- from Bechuanaland
- 668
- 01:01:27,160 --> 01:01:28,764
- for a period of five years.
- 669
- 01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,561
- Call it a period of reflection.
- 670
- 01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:37,287
- After five years, we will, of course,
- review the situation.
- 671
- 01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:39,727
- But in the meantime,
- 672
- 01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:43,970
- we are able to offer you a position
- in the administration of Jamaica.
- 673
- 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:49,403
- And we will, of course, make sure
- we accommodate your dear wife.
- 674
- 01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,248
- Jamaica is not my country.
- 675
- 01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:54,283
- There are some similarities.
- 676
- 01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:58,604
- I belong with my people.
- 677
- 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:00,410
- We will be imposing direct rule,
- 678
- 01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:04,610
- with the district commissioner, Rufus
- Lancaster, acting as native authority.
- 679
- 01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:08,326
- There will, of course,
- be a tribal council,
- 680
- 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:11,561
- so your people will have
- some sort of say
- 681
- 01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:14,243
- in our running of your affairs.
- 682
- 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:20,567
- I do understand
- this is an awful lot to digest.
- 683
- 01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:23,330
- I want to see the Harragin report.
- 684
- 01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:25,204
- Not possible.
- 685
- 01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,682
- It was an advisory paper, so
- the government's not obliged to publish,
- 686
- 01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,087
- but I can tell you this:
- 687
- 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:33,407
- the conclusion was
- 688
- 01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:38,441
- you are not
- a fit and proper person to rule.
- 689
- 01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:40,204
- Upon what basis?
- 690
- 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:42,163
- That's confidential to the government.
- 691
- 01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,442
- I have a right to know.
- 692
- 01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:46,728
- Sir Walter has weighed the evidence.
- 693
- 01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:50,405
- And you chose to agree.
- 694
- 01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:55,691
- Mr Khama, I am the British Government's
- representative in your country...
- 695
- 01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:57,882
- And yet you know nothing of it.
- 696
- 01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,289
- You don't even live there.
- You are based somewhere else entirely.
- 697
- 01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:05,609
- Content with your government
- to run our affairs from South Africa,
- 698
- 01:03:05,720 --> 01:03:08,963
- you move as closely with
- Prime Minister Malan and his government,
- 699
- 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:11,447
- as you do the British prime minster.
- 700
- 01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:16,128
- And, yes, Sir Alistair,
- I am questioning your motives.
- 701
- 01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:19,449
- I do not make the decisions.
- 702
- 01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:22,331
- You advise.
- 703
- 01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:27,603
- And my advice... is always confidential.
- 704
- 01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:32,367
- It's six o'clock, Sir Alistair.
- Might I suggest a glass of sherry?
- 705
- 01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:34,525
- Splendid idea.
- 706
- 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,807
- The government
- will release this white paper.
- 707
- 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,446
- It explains the situation
- and your succession.
- 708
- 01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:44,841
- It sets out in fairly plain English
- 709
- 01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:49,045
- that were it not for our intervention,
- Bechuanaland would have been torn apart
- 710
- 01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:51,407
- by the rivalry
- between you and your uncle.
- 711
- 01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:53,050
- That is an utter fabrication!
- 712
- 01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:56,443
- We are merely documenting
- what your uncle has told us.
- 713
- 01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:05,010
- Oh, gosh. Thanks very much.
- 714
- 01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:09,125
- Sherry, Mr Khama?
- 715
- 01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:25,685
- Hello, Ruth.
- 716
- 01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:28,565
- You're in hospital in Serowe.
- 717
- 01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,731
- You have diphtheria,
- but it is being treated.
- 718
- 01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:38,011
- And, Ms Khama, the doctor here
- has discovered you are with child.
- 719
- 01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:42,449
- - But...
- - My husband and I are concerned
- 720
- 01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:45,444
- that you should now get
- the very best treatment available.
- 721
- 01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:49,127
- So he is organising for you to go to
- Cape Town and visit a gynaecologist.
- 722
- 01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:50,969
- Dr Wessels.
- 723
- 01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:54,329
- Oh, Ruth, you are awake.
- 724
- 01:05:56,600 --> 01:06:00,571
- This chap I'm talking
- about is the top man in Africa.
- 725
- 01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:04,810
- It wouldn't be right
- not to put my faith in the doctors here.
- 726
- 01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:07,563
- Without wanting to alarm you,
- 727
- 01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:11,890
- death rates in childbirth,
- for both mother and baby, in Serowe
- 728
- 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:13,889
- are dangerously high.
- 729
- 01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:15,764
- To stay here would be a serious risk.
- 730
- 01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:18,724
- We do urge you to go to Cape Town.
- 731
- 01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:22,121
- Well, perhaps Dr Wessels
- could come here.
- 732
- 01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:24,891
- Dr Wessels does not travel
- to his patients.
- 733
- 01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:27,611
- Look, I know what you're doing.
- 734
- 01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:29,961
- - And I don't like it.
- - Mrs Khama...
- 735
- 01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,561
- I will ask you now both,
- will you please leave?
- 736
- 01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:35,286
- Whatever your opinion of my husband,
- 737
- 01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:38,410
- I am here only as a woman,
- who is also a mother.
- 738
- 01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:41,729
- I'm thinking only of the survival
- of yourself and that of your baby.
- 739
- 01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:44,127
- You must give yourself
- the very best chance.
- 740
- 01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:46,766
- We know Africa, and you do not.
- 741
- 01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:49,764
- I appreciate your thoughtfulness,
- but I want to decide.
- 742
- 01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:52,121
- - Mrs Khama, Ruth...
- - That's enough!
- 743
- 01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:57,889
- Please... do as my sister asks.
- 744
- 01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:01,440
- How dare you, girl.
- 745
- 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:03,762
- Who on earth do you think
- you're addressing?
- 746
- 01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:05,928
- And who do you think
- <i>you're</i> addressing?
- 747
- 01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:09,522
- I am Naledi Khama,
- from the royal family of the Bangwato.
- 748
- 01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:12,363
- Granddaughter of Khama the Great,
- 749
- 01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:16,570
- and sister to the present king,
- who will never be dethroned.
- 750
- 01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:44,806
- Hello?
- 751
- 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:49,091
- - My love?
- - 'It's Ruth. Can you hear me?'
- 752
- 01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:50,565
- My love, I can hear you.
- 753
- 01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:53,923
- Best news in the world, I am pregnant.
- 754
- 01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:56,810
- - 'We are having a baby.'
- - A baby.
- 755
- 01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:00,606
- 'I've been to the hospital and
- Dr Moikangao says everything's good.
- 756
- 01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:02,165
- 'How about that?'
- 757
- 01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:06,288
- It's wo... it's wonderful news.
- 758
- 01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:08,769
- 'I cannot wait for you to come home.'
- 759
- 01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:11,691
- When are you coming back?
- 760
- 01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:18,244
- Ruth, something's...
- something has happened.
- 761
- 01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:21,523
- Uh... I-I had my meeting with Canning.
- 762
- 01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:24,765
- I have been banished.
- 763
- 01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:31,564
- 'The Harragin report stated
- that I am not fit to rule.
- 764
- 01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:36,531
- I-I cannot come back for five years.
- 765
- 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:39,531
- This can't be happening.
- 766
- 01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:43,129
- They are determined that we will
- not be together in Bechuanaland.
- 767
- 01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:46,725
- And if I return, they'll have
- no reason to allow you back.
- 768
- 01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:51,248
- 'We were never supposed to be apart!
- You promised me!
- 769
- 01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:53,966
- 'You promised me
- that everything would be all right!'
- 770
- 01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:55,690
- I know.
- 771
- 01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:59,011
- I know. I'm sorry, my love. I'm sorry.
- 772
- 01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:04,007
- Then find your way back to me, Seretse.
- 773
- 01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:06,003
- 'Find your way back.'
- 774
- 01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:10,801
- 'I promise you I will.'
- 775
- 01:09:10,920 --> 01:09:12,410
- Seretse...
- 776
- 01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:17,325
- Ruth... Ruth? Ruth! Ruth...
- 777
- 01:09:17,440 --> 01:09:18,851
- Seretse?
- 778
- 01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,401
- Ruth! Ruth!
- 779
- 01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:31,723
- 'In a countermove
- to pressure the British Government,
- 780
- 01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:36,243
- 'Seretse Khama, exiled Bechuanaland chief,
- today appealed to the British public.
- 781
- 01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:38,044
- 'In a fighting address,
- 782
- 01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:41,721
- 'the chief told the people of Britain
- to hold its government to account.'
- 783
- 01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:46,602
- I do not believe the British public
- will tolerate such injustice to me,
- 784
- 01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,610
- and, more importantly,
- to my suffering people
- 785
- 01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:52,610
- who have always remained loyal
- to the British crown.
- 786
- 01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:59,409
- I ask my people now
- to remain dignified and law-abiding,
- 787
- 01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:02,171
- whilst I seek justice for our nation,
- 788
- 01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:05,727
- and to be returned... to my country...
- 789
- 01:10:06,720 --> 01:10:08,210
- ...and my wife.
- 790
- 01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:17,404
- Mr Khama... Anthony Benn.
- 791
- 01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:20,885
- You got my letter.
- 792
- 01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:24,891
- Seretse, uh, Mr Benn is a friend of Joe's.
- 793
- 01:10:25,880 --> 01:10:27,370
- We want to help.
- 794
- 01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,602
- Fenner Brockway. May we?
- 795
- 01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:32,729
- Uh, yes. Please.
- 796
- 01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:36,609
- It's subterfuge. Propaganda.
- 797
- 01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:38,888
- It's completely unprincipled.
- 798
- 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:41,890
- We are talking about an entire nation
- who want their leader.
- 799
- 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:45,561
- While your government are concealing
- their reasons for keeping me here,
- 800
- 01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:49,002
- they are allowing our lands
- to be explored for minerals.
- 801
- 01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:52,607
- - For diamonds.
- - And you believe the two are connected.
- 802
- 01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:55,969
- I don't know, but what happens
- if they make a find?
- 803
- 01:10:57,000 --> 01:11:00,322
- Mr Khama, you are a protectorate,
- 804
- 01:11:00,440 --> 01:11:03,205
- which differentiates you somewhat
- from other colonies.
- 805
- 01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:06,802
- Meaning the mineral rights should be
- vested with the people of my country.
- 806
- 01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:11,403
- Ordinarily, yes, but you have been
- placed under direct rule.
- 807
- 01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:13,847
- Your situation may have
- become vulnerable.
- 808
- 01:11:13,960 --> 01:11:17,931
- My grandfather negotiated those rights.
- I know they remain with us.
- 809
- 01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:20,361
- You are vulnerable.
- 810
- 01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:27,171
- What if the government acknowledged
- our rights publicly in some way?
- 811
- 01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:28,691
- Or if I could get them on record
- 812
- 01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:31,087
- recognising the agreement
- they have with us?
- 813
- 01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:34,449
- Well, that would be a great help,
- and a miracle.
- 814
- 01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:39,167
- I will look into the legalities
- of your country's change in status.
- 815
- 01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:41,931
- And the Harragin report?
- 816
- 01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:43,963
- We'll get a copy.
- 817
- 01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:45,565
- You have my word.
- 818
- 01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:48,771
- Seretse, please hold your people off.
- 819
- 01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:51,810
- If the election brings new blood,
- it could change everything.
- 820
- 01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:56,528
- How long can we rely on the good nature
- of our people to stand by peacefully?
- 821
- 01:11:57,120 --> 01:11:59,851
- Tomorrow, Sir Alistair Canning
- will announce to my people
- 822
- 01:11:59,960 --> 01:12:03,282
- the appointment of one of his
- administration as the new native authority
- 823
- 01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:04,765
- to govern my people.
- 824
- 01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:26,007
- Every district was alerted, sir.
- 825
- 01:12:27,680 --> 01:12:30,001
- We were expecting 10,000
- at this meeting.
- 826
- 01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:20,042
- The tribe is refusing
- to organise a council.
- 827
- 01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:25,929
- Until their king... is returned.
- 828
- 01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,803
- When a man tells a lie,
- 829
- 01:13:32,600 --> 01:13:34,523
- he loses his dignity.
- 830
- 01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:37,609
- And so it is with a country.
- 831
- 01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:41,921
- I'm calling
- on the British Government today
- 832
- 01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,731
- to release the Harragin report.
- 833
- 01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,524
- What are they hiding?
- 834
- 01:13:54,600 --> 01:13:57,570
- '...they did so
- with only the slightest of...
- 835
- 01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:01,442
- 'In a bid to show his support
- for the exiled chief of Bechuanaland...'
- 836
- 01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:05,802
- 'The leader of the opposition,
- Mr Churchill, addressed Parliament.
- 837
- 01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,086
- 'Mr Churchill told the House
- of his deeply held belief
- 838
- 01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:12,329
- 'in the virtue of the Christian marriage,
- which he described
- 839
- 01:14:12,440 --> 01:14:16,240
- 'as a "scared bond
- between a husband and his wife".
- 840
- 01:14:16,360 --> 01:14:20,843
- 'Why are the Labour government keeping
- this African chief and his woman apart?
- 841
- 01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:24,402
- 'Putting his opposition
- to Khama's banishment on the record,
- 842
- 01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:27,609
- 'Mr Churchill went on to announce
- to the House his full intention
- 843
- 01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:30,371
- 'of returning to the chief
- and his wife their kingdom,
- 844
- 01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:33,967
- 'when his Conservative Party
- wins the forthcoming general election.'
- 845
- 01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:41,681
- The honourable gentleman
- for Eton and Slough.
- 846
- 01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:45,128
- We know these actions
- against Mr Khama
- 847
- 01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:50,246
- are effectively introducing the principle
- of a colour bar to British politics,
- 848
- 01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:52,601
- separating black from white.
- 849
- 01:14:55,880 --> 01:14:57,245
- It is an utter betrayal,
- 850
- 01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:00,409
- both of myself, as your prime minister,
- and of your government.
- 851
- 01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:02,364
- The betrayal is of the British people,
- 852
- 01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:06,241
- and anyone who believed the Labour Party
- is on the side of what is right and just.
- 853
- 01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:07,964
- The world is watching.
- 854
- 01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:11,522
- The UN have a petition signed by
- every prominent black leader in the US.
- 855
- 01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:16,406
- America is sending funds to Mr Khama,
- 856
- 01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:19,166
- so that he can defend himself against us.
- 857
- 01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:20,765
- It's... I mean, look at these.
- 858
- 01:15:20,880 --> 01:15:24,407
- Never has a Labour government been
- criticised this way by the negro press.
- 859
- 01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:27,604
- We are on the eve of the election.
- I am pleading with you.
- 860
- 01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:29,922
- Send him home before Churchill does.
- 861
- 01:15:30,040 --> 01:15:33,010
- It will be an almighty humiliation
- if a Tory government
- 862
- 01:15:33,160 --> 01:15:34,446
- fulfils our responsibility!
- 863
- 01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:38,446
- I would like nothing more than to say to
- hell with Malan and his damned apartheid,
- 864
- 01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:42,446
- but we need South Africa to protect us
- from Stalin and his advance there.
- 865
- 01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:44,602
- We all do! Including the...
- 866
- 01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:49,002
- ...hypocritical Americans with
- their Jim Crow laws lauding this over us!
- 867
- 01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:53,768
- - They're pointing out the facts.
- - These are the facts! There's a Cold War.
- 868
- 01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:57,043
- If I allow that chief,
- or any black chief and his white queen,
- 869
- 01:15:57,200 --> 01:15:58,804
- to sleep in the same bed
- on African soil,
- 870
- 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:01,440
- Malan will withdraw
- from the Commonwealth.
- 871
- 01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:03,887
- He will utilise any favour
- we show that couple
- 872
- 01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:06,731
- to whip up nationalist support
- for a separate republic.
- 873
- 01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:10,162
- - He'll withdraw his uranium...
- - This is how we justify our actions?
- 874
- 01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:12,328
- - An atomic bomb programme?
- - And his gold!
- 875
- 01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:15,330
- If you don't care about the uranium,
- think about our economy.
- 876
- 01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:17,442
- How long can we sustain our currency
- 877
- 01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:19,443
- without Malan supplying
- our gold reserves?
- 878
- 01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:22,444
- Hmm? You count the months!
- 879
- 01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:27,607
- We have done a deal with the devil.
- 880
- 01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:36,841
- 'Twenty-four hours have passed
- since the polling stations closed,
- 881
- 01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:39,201
- 'and the last vote was cast.
- 882
- 01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:42,164
- 'The candidates stood by,
- and police oversaw,
- 883
- 01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:45,727
- 'as ballot boxes were removed,
- so that counting could begin.
- 884
- 01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:49,365
- 'Anxious crowds have gathered
- in Piccadilly Circus,
- 885
- 01:16:49,520 --> 01:16:53,684
- 'as, one by one, results have been
- marked out and announced.
- 886
- 01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:59,728
- 'And so it is that the voice of our people
- has called upon Winston Churchill...'
- 887
- 01:17:02,160 --> 01:17:04,162
- Shh!
- 888
- 01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:06,203
- '... much uncertainty,
- 889
- 01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:09,608
- 'the United Kingdom has placed
- the responsibility of our future
- 890
- 01:17:09,800 --> 01:17:11,723
- 'in Mr Churchill's hands.
- 891
- 01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,890
- 'In this closely fought election
- saw the Conservatives
- 892
- 01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,771
- 'triumphed by a tiny majority.
- 893
- 01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:21,281
- 'Nevertheless, the majority it was.'
- 894
- 01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:32,611
- Mr Khama. Good morning.
- 895
- 01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:34,171
- Morning.
- 896
- 01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:38,043
- Sir Winston Churchill will be
- making his announcement
- 897
- 01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:41,761
- about your return to Bechuanaland
- in the House of Commons this afternoon.
- 898
- 01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:43,882
- He wished for me
- to convey it to you first.
- 899
- 01:17:44,720 --> 01:17:46,404
- I appreciate that.
- 900
- 01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:48,767
- He's decided that five years' banishment
- 901
- 01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:52,089
- will cause unrest and uncertainty
- in the protectorate,
- 902
- 01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:55,010
- and he wishes to bring an end
- to such insecurity.
- 903
- 01:17:56,080 --> 01:17:59,607
- Consequently, he will be announcing
- that your banishment...
- 904
- 01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:02,365
- ...is for life.
- 905
- 01:18:10,680 --> 01:18:11,966
- I beg your pardon?
- 906
- 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:16,401
- Yes, on the occasion of our previous
- meeting I was able to offer you a career
- 907
- 01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:18,528
- in the administration of Jamaica.
- 908
- 01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:24,208
- Pity you did not accept. Under current
- circumstances, I cannot repeat the offer.
- 909
- 01:18:24,320 --> 01:18:26,766
- Nor, indeed, a posting to any other land.
- 910
- 01:18:30,400 --> 01:18:34,769
- The prime minister
- announced his intentions.
- 911
- 01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:40,968
- He clearly stated that
- he would allow me back home.
- 912
- 01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:44,607
- Opposition is one thing, Mr Khama.
- 913
- 01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:51,366
- The realities of government
- are quite another. Good day.
- 914
- 01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:16,849
- I want him to come back to me.
- 915
- 01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:22,403
- Churchill promised. He promised.
- 916
- 01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:24,570
- I believed him.
- 917
- 01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:32,085
- Seretse says he'll write to Tshekedi,
- and try and reconcile, but...
- 918
- 01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:36,409
- You have to be strong.
- 919
- 01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:40,522
- You have a voice. Use it.
- 920
- 01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:45,322
- Mr Churchill,
- 10,000 of my husband's people
- 921
- 01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:49,286
- fought the war for you,
- and for the freedom of Britain.
- 922
- 01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:52,768
- They answered your call
- in your darkest hour.
- 923
- 01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:55,931
- 'Mr Churchill,
- you have betrayed my husband,
- 924
- 01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:59,084
- 'and each and every one
- of those 10,000 men.
- 925
- 01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:01,841
- 'You have caused great hurt.
- 926
- 01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:05,931
- 'You have caused great anger
- amongst a peaceful people.
- 927
- 01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:08,124
- 'And Mr Churchill...
- 928
- 01:20:10,440 --> 01:20:12,283
- '...I'm with them.
- 929
- 01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:15,811
- 'And I will remain with them
- 930
- 01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:18,002
- 'because this is my home.'
- 931
- 01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:24,007
- 'A great event at Silverstone...'
- 932
- 01:20:42,520 --> 01:20:44,443
- 'Uncle,
- 933
- 01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:48,127
- 'our country is now completely
- under the control of the British.
- 934
- 01:20:49,680 --> 01:20:53,605
- 'You taught me that the colonialist
- strategy is to divide and rule,
- 935
- 01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:57,287
- 'and that the only response
- is to stand united.
- 936
- 01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:02,046
- 'My exile leaves our country
- divided and vulnerable.
- 937
- 01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:07,527
- 'Even as I write the British have
- authorised test drilling on our lands.
- 938
- 01:21:08,440 --> 01:21:13,571
- 'You know what it will mean to our country
- if diamonds or other minerals are found.
- 939
- 01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:17,243
- 'We must protect that wealth
- for our people.
- 940
- 01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:22,606
- 'I need to come home to fulfil the role
- for which you raised me.
- 941
- 01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:25,611
- 'To lead. To serve.
- 942
- 01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,321
- 'But I cannot do it without you.
- 943
- 01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:34,842
- 'If I can find a way to come back,
- 944
- 01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:37,088
- 'will you agree to hear my plan?'
- 945
- 01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:42,329
- Mr Khama
- will never return to Bechuanaland.
- 946
- 01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:47,800
- The decision of my government
- is absolute and final.
- 947
- 01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:54,845
- Control them, or I'll close the kgotla.
- 948
- 01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:57,691
- Sir, you have pushed
- the patience of the people too far.
- 949
- 01:21:58,840 --> 01:22:00,763
- You can't close our kgotla
- 950
- 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:04,327
- any more than I can close
- your Houses of Parliament.
- 951
- 01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:48,731
- Hey!
- 952
- 01:22:51,440 --> 01:22:52,771
- Hey!
- 953
- 01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:38,124
- Shh, shh.
- 954
- 01:25:09,280 --> 01:25:10,725
- Hello?
- 955
- 01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:13,208
- Here is your daughter.
- 956
- 01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:18,131
- Can you hear her?
- 957
- 01:25:21,120 --> 01:25:22,724
- No.
- 958
- 01:25:22,840 --> 01:25:27,050
- 'Hang on. Can you hear her?'
- 959
- 01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:29,049
- I-I can. I can hear her.
- 960
- 01:25:30,560 --> 01:25:33,689
- But... she sounds... I-Is she all right?
- 961
- 01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:36,129
- 'She's beautiful.'
- 962
- 01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:37,605
- But she's crying.
- 963
- 01:25:37,720 --> 01:25:40,007
- Oh, I jabbed her, so she'd make a noise.
- 964
- 01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:42,250
- Isn't she beautiful?
- 965
- 01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:44,564
- She's, she's beautiful.
- 966
- 01:25:46,400 --> 01:25:49,244
- I wish you could see her.
- 967
- 01:25:49,360 --> 01:25:51,044
- You must come to me.
- 968
- 01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:55,050
- 'Are we giving up?'
- 969
- 01:26:01,800 --> 01:26:04,883
- No. No, we are not.
- 970
- 01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:08,688
- 'But we've been separated for too long.'
- 971
- 01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:10,768
- I can't do this alone any more.
- 972
- 01:26:12,960 --> 01:26:14,883
- And I need you.
- 973
- 01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:19,602
- 'I need my family.'
- 974
- 01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,730
- 'As soon as the baby's strong enough,
- we'll come to you.'
- 975
- 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:47,568
- My tickets have arrived.
- 976
- 01:26:47,680 --> 01:26:49,569
- Would it be all right if I joined you?
- 977
- 01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:54,889
- See, I don't know when I'll be back.
- 978
- 01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:51,285
- It's OK. Mmm.
- 979
- 01:27:54,800 --> 01:27:56,131
- There.
- 980
- 01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:20,371
- Why are they here?
- 981
- 01:28:21,080 --> 01:28:23,606
- They are thanking you
- for walking the road with them.
- 982
- 01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:38,804
- This song is about you.
- 983
- 01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:43,329
- They are saying Seretse's wife
- is as bright as the morning star.
- 984
- 01:29:31,160 --> 01:29:32,764
- This way, Mr Khama.
- 985
- 01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:48,011
- Oh... this is Daddy.
- 986
- 01:29:55,560 --> 01:29:57,324
- There's someone else here to see you.
- 987
- 01:30:09,320 --> 01:30:11,209
- Thank you for coming.
- 988
- 01:30:17,800 --> 01:30:19,609
- - Hello, Daddy.
- - Ruth.
- 989
- 01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:21,971
- This is Jacqueline.
- 990
- 01:30:48,320 --> 01:30:53,167
- ♪ Sometimes I'm happy
- 991
- 01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:58,241
- ♪ Sometimes I'm blue
- 992
- 01:30:58,360 --> 01:31:02,843
- ♪ My disposition... ♪
- 993
- 01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:06,248
- - Mr Nash...
- - Thank you for coming.
- 994
- 01:31:14,720 --> 01:31:18,202
- The story on the mining companies.
- I thought you'd like to know.
- 995
- 01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:23,245
- We need a bit more information,
- 996
- 01:31:23,360 --> 01:31:25,931
- but I'll say we'll be running with this
- in about a week.
- 997
- 01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:40,886
- What?
- 998
- 01:31:42,240 --> 01:31:46,006
- Nash... he's doing a story.
- 999
- 01:31:47,600 --> 01:31:50,331
- It's not confirmed, it's too soon, but...
- 1000
- 01:31:51,720 --> 01:31:53,210
- ...there has been a find.
- 1001
- 01:31:54,400 --> 01:31:55,640
- Diamonds?
- 1002
- 01:31:56,400 --> 01:31:58,209
- Yes.
- 1003
- 01:31:58,360 --> 01:32:00,442
- Just three diamonds, but...
- 1004
- 01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:02,964
- But yes.
- 1005
- 01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:04,764
- It's a beginning.
- 1006
- 01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:07,125
- It could mean everything.
- 1007
- 01:32:07,240 --> 01:32:09,527
- The British don't know about the find yet.
- 1008
- 01:32:09,640 --> 01:32:11,608
- If I can get ahead...
- 1009
- 01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:16,604
- ...I know, I know I can get this right.
- 1010
- 01:32:18,440 --> 01:32:20,920
- The prime minister told this country
- 1011
- 01:32:21,080 --> 01:32:23,811
- that he would allow
- the King of Bangwato to return home.
- 1012
- 01:32:25,080 --> 01:32:27,606
- After the election,
- he banished him for life.
- 1013
- 01:32:28,880 --> 01:32:30,245
- For good.
- 1014
- 01:32:31,240 --> 01:32:34,528
- Having deprived
- the Bangwato people of their king,
- 1015
- 01:32:34,640 --> 01:32:38,247
- can his Commonwealth
- under-secretary, at the very least,
- 1016
- 01:32:38,360 --> 01:32:42,445
- assure us that the Bangwato people
- will still have a say
- 1017
- 01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,887
- in the running of their own affairs?
- 1018
- 01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:50,609
- With particular reference to the use
- of their land for mineral exploitation?
- 1019
- 01:32:50,760 --> 01:32:54,367
- Let me make it clear that the dispute
- 1020
- 01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:57,291
- is not between us and the Bangwato,
- 1021
- 01:32:57,400 --> 01:32:59,607
- it is between the chief and his uncle.
- 1022
- 01:32:59,800 --> 01:33:03,361
- We have a responsibility
- to keep this warring family apart.
- 1023
- 01:33:04,960 --> 01:33:07,361
- With respect
- to the Right Honourable Gentleman,
- 1024
- 01:33:07,520 --> 01:33:11,081
- his answer had nothing to do
- with the question I just asked.
- 1025
- 01:33:11,240 --> 01:33:14,767
- Mr Chairman, the Honourable Gentleman
- seems to be hounding me for an answer
- 1026
- 01:33:14,880 --> 01:33:18,362
- - that I'm quite prepared to give.
- - Yes? Go on.
- 1027
- 01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:22,769
- Let me make an assurance
- 1028
- 01:33:22,880 --> 01:33:25,929
- that no leases will be given
- to any mining companies,
- 1029
- 01:33:27,160 --> 01:33:30,642
- without the consent
- of the Bangwato themselves.
- 1030
- 01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:40,889
- The report.
- 1031
- 01:33:44,400 --> 01:33:45,765
- How did you get it?
- 1032
- 01:33:46,840 --> 01:33:50,845
- Let's say not everyone is proud of what
- their government does on their behalf.
- 1033
- 01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:57,970
- Harragin concludes
- that you are a fit and proper person
- 1034
- 01:33:58,160 --> 01:34:00,003
- to succeed to the kingdom.
- 1035
- 01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:03,445
- And that you, Ruth,
- 1036
- 01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:05,841
- are acceptable to the Bangwato people.
- 1037
- 01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:11,647
- But that neither of you
- are acceptable to South Africa.
- 1038
- 01:34:14,040 --> 01:34:15,371
- It's your proof.
- 1039
- 01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:26,281
- Because my exile
- is now permanent,
- 1040
- 01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:30,849
- I need to put our family affairs in order.
- 1041
- 01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,162
- As a consequence, I would like
- 1042
- 01:34:34,280 --> 01:34:37,045
- to arrange a meeting with my uncle
- 1043
- 01:34:37,160 --> 01:34:39,288
- in Bechuanaland,
- 1044
- 01:34:39,400 --> 01:34:43,121
- and so I'm requesting permission
- to travel.
- 1045
- 01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:50,645
- Well, Mr Khama,
- I have looked at your request.
- 1046
- 01:34:52,800 --> 01:34:55,451
- And as a gesture of goodwill,
- 1047
- 01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:59,207
- and to ensure that all can see
- the sincerity of our efforts
- 1048
- 01:34:59,320 --> 01:35:03,882
- to keep peace within your tribe...
- I will allow it.
- 1049
- 01:35:06,120 --> 01:35:09,567
- But only for a period of one week.
- 1050
- 01:35:11,000 --> 01:35:14,004
- By which point we expect you
- to have dealt with whatever...
- 1051
- 01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:19,441
- ...family concerns
- you may need to address.
- 1052
- 01:35:21,560 --> 01:35:22,971
- Thank you.
- 1053
- 01:35:28,240 --> 01:35:30,447
- How kind of you, Mr Roberts.
- 1054
- 01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:32,887
- I hope you know how appreciative we are.
- 1055
- 01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:56,001
- We have a very difficult negotiation.
- 1056
- 01:35:58,320 --> 01:36:00,004
- Yes, Uncle.
- 1057
- 01:36:21,760 --> 01:36:25,162
- This is Jacqueline.
- 1058
- 01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:29,171
- She is a sweet one.
- 1059
- 01:36:30,240 --> 01:36:31,844
- I was going to put her down, but I...
- 1060
- 01:36:33,160 --> 01:36:35,731
- I think she'd rather be
- in another mother's arms.
- 1061
- 01:36:46,840 --> 01:36:48,649
- Yes, she's a sweet one.
- 1062
- 01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:54,725
- I have read your letter.
- 1063
- 01:36:57,440 --> 01:36:59,647
- And what are your thoughts, Uncle?
- 1064
- 01:37:08,560 --> 01:37:12,246
- If we can agree now
- to let go of our claims to the kingship,
- 1065
- 01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:14,840
- we will be equal private citizens.
- 1066
- 01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:19,005
- Then my marriage can be of no concern
- to South Africa, Great Britain or anyone.
- 1067
- 01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:23,448
- Any disagreement between you and me
- becomes a domestic squabble,
- 1068
- 01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:25,284
- not an affair of state.
- 1069
- 01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:28,209
- Then I will be allowed to return home.
- 1070
- 01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:31,729
- And we can start to rebuild.
- 1071
- 01:37:34,360 --> 01:37:39,207
- You're speaking of dismantling hundreds
- and hundreds of years of tradition.
- 1072
- 01:37:47,560 --> 01:37:50,882
- Uncle... you should read this.
- 1073
- 01:37:52,520 --> 01:37:54,648
- You, me, our people...
- 1074
- 01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:58,241
- ...we have been pawns
- in somebody else's game.
- 1075
- 01:38:10,960 --> 01:38:12,371
- They are coming.
- 1076
- 01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:22,167
- You may have convinced me, Seretse...
- 1077
- 01:38:23,200 --> 01:38:25,931
- ...but now you're going
- to have to convince the people.
- 1078
- 01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:38,806
- I believe
- that two days ago, Mr Khama,
- 1079
- 01:38:38,920 --> 01:38:40,604
- you had a meeting with your uncle,
- 1080
- 01:38:40,760 --> 01:38:44,003
- authorised by Mr Roberts
- in the Commonwealth Office.
- 1081
- 01:38:45,080 --> 01:38:48,926
- Mr Roberts will not be available
- in the future to make such decisions.
- 1082
- 01:38:50,200 --> 01:38:53,329
- I also know you want to discuss
- the outcome of that meeting with me
- 1083
- 01:38:53,440 --> 01:38:55,920
- for relay to the British Government.
- 1084
- 01:38:56,720 --> 01:38:59,724
- Before you begin, let me be clear.
- 1085
- 01:39:01,240 --> 01:39:04,449
- There can and will be no circumstance
- 1086
- 01:39:04,600 --> 01:39:08,002
- in which we will allow you
- to return to Bechuanaland permanently.
- 1087
- 01:39:12,640 --> 01:39:14,608
- No... circumstance?
- 1088
- 01:39:16,120 --> 01:39:20,170
- Not even a hand-delivered copy
- of the Harragin report to the press?
- 1089
- 01:39:22,160 --> 01:39:25,960
- "Government lies to British public
- for fear of South Africa in Khama affair."
- 1090
- 01:39:31,240 --> 01:39:32,969
- There would be conditions.
- 1091
- 01:39:35,080 --> 01:39:37,765
- I would have to discuss them
- with the government.
- 1092
- 01:39:39,840 --> 01:39:42,047
- You should know this, Mr Khama...
- 1093
- 01:39:43,440 --> 01:39:47,331
- I would personally demand that you
- give up all claim to the chieftainship,
- 1094
- 01:39:47,440 --> 01:39:49,602
- and that your uncle do the same.
- 1095
- 01:39:50,920 --> 01:39:52,331
- Sir Alistair,
- 1096
- 01:39:53,080 --> 01:39:55,287
- I don't have to do anything anymore.
- 1097
- 01:39:56,880 --> 01:39:59,360
- But... I will agree to that.
- 1098
- 01:40:01,520 --> 01:40:06,242
- And... upon condition that
- we continue direct rule from London.
- 1099
- 01:40:07,600 --> 01:40:09,045
- I will agree to this, also.
- 1100
- 01:40:11,280 --> 01:40:15,001
- Up to the point
- where we will hold democratic elections,
- 1101
- 01:40:15,200 --> 01:40:17,168
- and declare our independence.
- 1102
- 01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:23,607
- Yes, well, an election process
- is hardly on the agenda.
- 1103
- 01:40:26,720 --> 01:40:28,609
- I suspect your government
- 1104
- 01:40:28,760 --> 01:40:32,765
- may take a slightly more
- respectful position moving forward.
- 1105
- 01:40:32,920 --> 01:40:38,643
- You will be aware of the recent
- discovery of diamonds on our lands?
- 1106
- 01:40:41,080 --> 01:40:42,525
- Yes, well...
- 1107
- 01:40:44,840 --> 01:40:47,525
- Any resources
- Bechuanaland may have are...
- 1108
- 01:40:49,000 --> 01:40:51,401
- ...hardly relevant
- to this issue, Mr Khama.
- 1109
- 01:40:52,280 --> 01:40:57,207
- I hope you caught the news that
- your Commonwealth under-secretary
- 1110
- 01:40:58,120 --> 01:41:00,771
- confirmed to Parliament that my people
- 1111
- 01:41:00,880 --> 01:41:04,805
- control all mineral resources
- in Bechuanaland.
- 1112
- 01:41:08,320 --> 01:41:10,766
- You need my husband, Sir Alistair.
- 1113
- 01:41:16,440 --> 01:41:18,886
- May I offer you a sherry?
- 1114
- 01:42:14,040 --> 01:42:16,042
- My uncle and I
- 1115
- 01:42:16,200 --> 01:42:17,645
- are now at peace.
- 1116
- 01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:21,841
- The exile is over!
- 1117
- 01:42:28,960 --> 01:42:32,646
- I have a new vision for our nation.
- 1118
- 01:42:34,600 --> 01:42:37,922
- We are a people of tradition,
- and rightly so.
- 1119
- 01:42:39,520 --> 01:42:41,966
- But we need a change in Africa.
- 1120
- 01:42:42,600 --> 01:42:46,400
- We need a change in Bechuanaland,
- whether we like it or not.
- 1121
- 01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:50,610
- Whether the colonial powers that be
- like it or not.
- 1122
- 01:42:52,960 --> 01:42:57,329
- It is time for us to take a step
- beyond royal succession,
- 1123
- 01:42:57,440 --> 01:42:59,841
- and into a democratic Bechuanaland.
- 1124
- 01:43:02,320 --> 01:43:04,129
- To create a new nation,
- 1125
- 01:43:04,240 --> 01:43:07,881
- not to be ruled by royalty here,
- or royalty in great Britain,
- 1126
- 01:43:08,560 --> 01:43:13,964
- but a country to be led
- by those who you choose.
- 1127
- 01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:19,409
- No man is free...
- 1128
- 01:43:20,800 --> 01:43:24,009
- ...who is not master of himself.
- 1129
- 01:43:38,400 --> 01:43:41,643
- Brother and sisters,
- it is time for democracy,
- 1130
- 01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:43,890
- for independence,
- 1131
- 01:43:44,560 --> 01:43:47,609
- for us to be the masters of our own fate.
- 1132
- 01:43:48,440 --> 01:43:50,010
- A new Bechuanaland.
- 1133
- 01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:52,049
- A new Africa.
- 1134
- 01:43:53,400 --> 01:43:54,765
- It is time!
- 1135
- 01:44:01,120 --> 01:44:04,602
- <i>Pula, pula, pula, pula...</i>
- 1136
- 01:44:04,760 --> 01:44:06,091
- Ruth!
- 1137
- 01:44:06,291 --> 01:45:06,091
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