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Amazing Grace is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the abolitionist campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament.
Feb 23, 2007 · Amazing Grace: Directed by Michael Apted. With Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney. The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Michael Apted
- 2007-02-23
397. 33K views 1 year ago. The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade. ...more.
- 117 min
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Synopsis. The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
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- Michael Apted
- PG
- 2
Dec 19, 2012 · Amazing Grace - Movie Trailer (2006) Based on the true story of the song that inspired the world and the man who changed history, risking everything to speak for those who could not, to...
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In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause.
In 18th-century England, House of Commons member William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) and his close friend and a future prime minister, William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), begin...
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- History, Drama
- PG