Belle
Release Date: May 2, 2104
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Director: Amma Asante
Screenwriter: Misan Sagay
Producer: Damian Jones
Executive producers: Steve Christian, Julie Goldstein, Steve Norris, Ivan Dunleavy, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Christopher Collins
Director of photography: Ben Smithard
Production designer: Simon Bowles
Costume designer: Anushia Nieradzik
Editors: Pia Di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell
Music: Rachel Portman
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
The film is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.
Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) and his wife (Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.
Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.
Featurette
Clip – Now We Have Two Nieces
Featurette – Origins
Clip – Miss Dido Lindsay
Clip – I Am Not An Unwanted Maid
Clip – Don’t You Care What People Say
Clip – Hair Combing
Clip – Mabel and Breakfast
Clip – You Are Beneath Him
