Belle

— Nicely produced and acted film inspired by a painting which provided a storyline overlapping with the 1786 Zong massacre case in Great Britain. Although "Belle" (DVD) is a little too “love conquers all” for my tastes and seems to wallow in the trappings of period pieces, it more than touches on the important issues of race and gender equality.

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[2013. 104 min. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sam Ried, Tom Wilkinson, and Matthew Goode.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/movies/belle-centers-on-a-biracial-aristocrat-in-the-18th-century.html