Name: ‘Race issues in Belle still speak to us today’
Uploaded: 2014-06-05T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Director Amma Asante's new film, Belle, is inspired by real events from the 18th Century. But she says the issues of race and gender still resonate today: "I remember being described in that way."

Director Amma Asante’s new film, Belle, is inspired by real events from the 18th Century. But she says the issues of race and gender still resonate today: “I remember being described in that way.”