Amazing Grace
Title | Amazing Grace |
Publication Type | Film |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Apted, Michael |
Running Time | 1h 58 min |
Distributor | Momentum Pictures (UK); Samuel Goldwyn Films (US) |
Country | United States, United Kingdom |
Publication Language | English |
Abstract | Michael Apted directed this film which focuses on William Wilberforce’s (1759-1833) long campaign to end the British slave trade. Played by Ioan Gruffudd, Wilberforce was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British Parliament. The film recounts the experiences of John Newton as a crewman on a slave ship and his subsequent religious conversion, which inspired his writing of the poem later used in the hymn for which the film is named. Newton is portrayed as a major influence on Wilberforce and the abolition movement. |
URL | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/ |
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