I must say . . . I enjoyed this movie MUCH better than District 9. Though it seemed long and drawn out at times, I still felt that it was an effective movie. Originally, I thought that it was about the guy who wrote Amazing Grace. That was just one of the many themes/story lines that made up this film. The main story was about William Wilberforce's ongoing battle in the English Parliament to get the slave trade abolished and to make a better world for everyone. He faced many obstacles in order to reach his goal. He was in the vast minority when it came to his views of slavery. It took him 5+ years, lots of traveling, signature getting, and speaking to try and persuade people to believe as he did.
The part of the movie that really hit home for me was when he was taking the tour of the slave boat and was shown exactly what goes on behind the scenes of a slave ship. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel people can be toward one another. I had known the atrocities of slavery, but never had I really understood it until now, for some reason.
My favorite part of the movie was when the William's old pastor, who was a former slave ship captain and author of the hymn, "Amazing Grace", "recounted his sins," and said, "I once was blind, but now I see. I wrote that, didn't I?"
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