So we ended the day going to see a wonderful movie, ‘Belle’, based on a remarkable story set in in the 1760-1770’s of a outstanding group of people in England. They made a huge positive difference in our world.... even reaching into todays ethical legal interpretations. I recommend it! Belle is a British film about the British experience of grappling with slavery — only with fabulous clothes, legal drama, a star-crossed love story, and a Downton Abbey-style setting. Its also got a Downton Abbeystar, Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley), plus Oscar winner Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson and Emily Watson.) Along the way, the filmmakers explore the status of women, the insurance value of slaves, English class prejudices, and the way marriages among the toffs could be negotiated with an intensity akin to billion-dollar hedge-fund deals. Americans will recognize another story Belle tells, about the contrasting facts of slavery in the two countries at the time: America had to fight a war to rid itself of slavery and the Brits passed a law. Britain had no plantations on its home soil and, according to historians, there were only about 15,000 black people in London at the time, most paid servants. Britain was as dependent as America on a slave economy but it was a faraway trade most didnt have to confront face to face. What I went for in the script was truth, says Sagay, who says she had long wanted to write a Jane Austen slavery drama to depict how British society of that era was built on its slave trade. Even if it takes liberties with some facts, it doesnt take liberties with what people feel.”
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:51:33 +0000
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