Movie Rated "PG" | Run Time - 104 mins

Belle

(2013)

The story of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Maria Belle. Recognized by her father, she is sent to live in the household of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, her powerful and wealthy great-uncle. As debate rages regarding the legitimacy of the slave trade in Britain, she comes of age as gentlewoman, though her place in society is precarious.

Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton

Director: Amma Asante