3^rd October 2007

An Amazing, grace-filled film.

Apted's movie shows faith and art can work together. Review by Peter Bentley.

Many readers would have already seen Amazing Grace, a film biography about the work of the evangelical antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce. The Australian cinema release was in late July, but if you missed it on the big screen, there will be the opportunity to see it later this year on DVD.

William Wilberforece died in 1833 shortly before the final passing of the Slavery Abolition Act, 26 years after the initial Slave Trade act. It is the anniversary of the 1807 Act that this film also commemorates.

Where does this leave us today? William Wilberforce's work is far from finished. There are an estimated 27 milion slaves in the world today. Modern day slavery has many forms, but at the centre is the abuse of a persons' creation in the image of God.

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