Belle
Stars
4
Rating
PG
Author
Misan Sagay
Length
104 min
Director
Amma Asante
Synopsis
"The film is inspired by the 1779 painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle beside her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray, at Kenwood House, which was commissioned by their great-uncle, William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, then Lord Chief Justice of England. Very little is known about the life of Dido Belle, who was born in the West Indies and was the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of Mansfield's nephew. She is found living in poverty by her father and entrusted to the care of Mansfield and his wife." [Wikipedia]
This is another story about the abolishment of slavery. A judge and his wife raise a mulatto neice (Dido) in high society England. The judge hears an important case regarding a slave ship in which the captain ordered the slck slaves to be thrown overboard to collect the insurance. The judge eventully rules that this is a case of fraud, and that slavery is wrong. Much of the movie is about the two nieces (Dido and Elizabeth) who are raised as sisters and who must follow the rules of society regarding dinner parties, inheritance, courting, and marriage.
This is another story about the abolishment of slavery. A judge and his wife raise a mulatto neice (Dido) in high society England. The judge hears an important case regarding a slave ship in which the captain ordered the slck slaves to be thrown overboard to collect the insurance. The judge eventully rules that this is a case of fraud, and that slavery is wrong. Much of the movie is about the two nieces (Dido and Elizabeth) who are raised as sisters and who must follow the rules of society regarding dinner parties, inheritance, courting, and marriage.
Genre
Historical
Released
2013
Location
British Isles
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Georgian Period
1714
1837
British Isles
End of Atlantic Slave Trade
1753
1888
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