Amazing Grace is a 2007 film directed by Michael Apted about the campaign against the slave trade in 19th century Britain, led by famous abolitionist William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the film also recounts John Newton's writing of the hymn.
Today my wife and I went to Medford's Tinseltown to see this movie. It is very well done and if you love British history and politics this is the movie for you. It is sort of a British "Jefferson in Paris and "Amistad" combined. Good music, costumes, cinematography, acting and story. It passed my DVD "test"..... I will get it when it comes out on DVD.
Movie trivia:Watch for Lord Tarleton in the Parliament scenes. He is the same person in history who shot Mel Gibson's young son in "The Patriot." He also was the person who burned the folks alive in the locked church in the same movie. Not factually correct as the British were quick to point out after the movie came out.
