Anybody else see this movie? Anybody else even hear of this movie?
"Amazing Grace" tells the story of William Wilberforce, the courageous English MP who led the fight against the slave trade back in the late 18th century. Abraham Lincoln once said that all Americans knew the name William Wilberforce, but now, sadly, hardly any Americans remember him.
If you like history and biography films, I highly recommend it.
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There's an interesting article on it at Islamicity:
http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles ... V0702-3241
It gives a bit of a review of the film, but focuses more on its historical and current political significance. One good bit:
http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles ... V0702-3241
It gives a bit of a review of the film, but focuses more on its historical and current political significance. One good bit:
KFWithout him [William Wilberforce], there would have been no end to the slave trade, certainly not in his time. And without his life-changing conversion to Christianity, Wilberforce might have lived a forgettable life as a rich man's son. Instead, he helped give birth to new freedom in the British Empire, hope in America, and inspiration to abolitionists everywhere. Today, with slavery spreading in Africa and Asia, and, according to Amnesty International, an estimated 27 million in slavery worldwide, Amazing Grace is more than a period piece: it is a timely and enduring lesson on what one man can do to stop the spread of evil.
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Re: Amazing Grace
So yeah, while this topic is a year old, I finally watched this movie late last year, and again for the second time tonight. Just wanted to say, it's probably in my top 5 of all time. It really is an amazing movie worth seeing.
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