David Oyelowo gave us an astonishing Dr. King in Selma and the renowned British Nigerian actor recently sat down with metro.co.uk to talk about diversity in film.

One part of the interview he says

‘But also you know I’m Nigerian, I’m from Africa, my parents are from Africa and I just don’t feel like there are enough stories out of Africa that are transcendent that aren’t about dictators, or degradation, or poverty or to be perfectly frank “a white saviour” at the centre of the story.

See the video below:

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/david-oleyowo-there-arent-enough-african-stories-without-a-white-saviour-at-the-centre-5588282/#ixzz3yWwBwiwM