Looks at the life of Dido Belle, which inspired the film }Belle{. She was an 18th century aristocrat who was born to a captured slave mother and Royal Navy captain father, and adopted and raised by one of the most powerful men of the day, Lord Mansfield. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.
