Amazing Grace
- Document number
- 1552
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- Amazing Grace
- Author/publisher
- Michael Apted
- Availability
- LSI library
- Document type(s)
- Multimedia,
- Keywords
- United Kingdom, Human trafficking, Slave Labour, Sexual Exploitation, Begging, Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour, Fiction, Labour exploitation, Domestic labour,
- Summary
- This Grammy winning costume drama is based on the true tale of the 18th-century British politician William Wilberforce. Though as a young man Wilberforce is torn between politics and the church, he is inspired to action by John Newton a penitent monk who is haunted by his past as a slave-ship captain. Wilberforce makes it his mission to end slavery in the British Empire, and, aided by a small band of radical thinkers and unlikely supporters, he annually presents a bill for abolition to Parliament. When the war with France generates a patriotism in the people that makes opposition to slavery seem seditious, Wilberforce becomes disillusioned, and he retires to his cousin's house, physically ill and emotionally destroyed by his perceived failure. When he meets the beautiful and righteous Barbara Spooner, however, he gains new determination to pursue his dream of abolition. Based on actual events, this story seeks to show how a man and a song changed the world. More information can be obtained via an official movie website: http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/
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