Belle

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The work Belle represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Belle

Statement of responsibility: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Isle of Man Film and Pinewood Pictures and BFI present ; in association with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology ; a DJ Films production ; an Amma Asante film ; produced by Damian Jones ; written by Misan Sagay ; directed by Amma Asante

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Summary: Although Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds

Credits note: Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Pia Di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell ; costume designer, Anushia Nieradzik ; production designer, Simon Bowels ; director of photography, Ben Smithard

Language note: Soundtracks: English and dubbed Spanish, French, Portuguese and Turkish; optional Spanish, French, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Korean and Chinese subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode

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Context of Belle