In late eighteenth century England, Dido Elizabeth Belle is born to a white British admiral and a black Caribbean slave. The admiral’s well-bred family is appalled, but when he returns to sea, custom dictates that they raise his child as an aristocrat. Britain’s imposing Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) is both Dido’s uncle and the family patriarch, and instructs this bi-racial woman (Mbatha-Raw) to respect both the law and the social codes of her station. She is a lady, but she is an embarrassment. How is she ever to marry?
We have the first trailer and poster from the Fox Searchlight film directed by Amma Asante from a screenplay written by Misan Sagay. The outstanding supporting cast includes Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, Matthew Goode, Tom Felton, Sarah Gadon and Miranda Richardson.
BELLE is released in the US 2nd May 2014 No word yet on a UK date.
Source: Apple
shea
Oct 20, 2013 at 10:15 am
Well, this isn’t a “slave” drama like the article states, she was a FREE woman of color with a decent familial inheritance and was considered a “natural” daughter of the admiral, though no legitimate. If one write an article, one should at least get the history right. Slave drama, yeah right!