Belle [DVD] Fox Searchlight Pictures, Isle of Man Film and Pinewood Pictures and BFI present ; directed by Amma Asante ; written by Misan Sagay ; produced by Damian Jones ; a DJ Films production.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. "Based on a true story." Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson.
Summary:
"Although Dido Elizabeth Belle ... , an 18th century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle ... and his wife ... , she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer ... who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds"--Container.
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