{"id":68814,"date":"2014-04-28T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/04\/28\/belle-director-amma-asante-on-bridging-history-and-romance\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:04:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:04:17","slug":"belle-director-amma-asante-on-bridging-history-and-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/belle-director-amma-asante-on-bridging-history-and-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Belle&#8217; Director Amma Asante On Bridging History And Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;Belle&#8217; Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2014\/02\/athena-film-festival-2014-amma-asante-talks-belle\/\">Amma Asante<\/a> On Bridging History And Romance<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>April 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amma-Asante-Belle-2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-52518\" alt=\"Amma Asante Belle 2a\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 580 415'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amma-Asante-Belle-2a.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coming out this week is the romantic period drama, <strong>&#8216;Belle,&#8217;<\/strong> directed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2014\/02\/athena-film-festival-2014-amma-asante-talks-belle\/\">Amma Asante<\/a><\/strong> and starring <strong>Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode<\/strong>, and <strong>Emily Watson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belle-1-Gugu-Mbatha-Raw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-52199\" alt=\"Belle 1 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 199'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belle-1-Gugu-Mbatha-Raw-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>The film is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.<\/p>\n<p>Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) and his wife (Watson), Belle\u2019s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.<\/p>\n<p>Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar\u2019s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield\u2019s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"580\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GutPMQhTJGs?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"580\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GutPMQhTJGs?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For Asante, it&#8217;s been a long journey bringing this project to fruition. 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