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Amazing Grace

Rating:PG (for thematic material involving slavery, and some mild language)
Genre:Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Release Date:February 23, 2007
Running time:111 minutes
Cast:Ioan Gruffudd, Richard Bailey, Alex Blake, Sean Bloc, Stephen Campbell Moore
Director:Michael Apted
Producer:Jeanney Kim
Writer:Steven Knight
Distributor:Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC

Description: William Wilberforce led efforts as a member of Parliament in 18th-century England to end slavery and the slave trade in the British empire. Wilberforce was elected to the House of Commons at 21 and took on the issue of slavery, successfully assembling a diverse coalition that went up against the most powerful men of the time.

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