Black in Period Films

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites all while running an amazingly entertaining and educational Youtube channel. The channel has a series titled, 'What Was Life Like?'. Previous episodes have discussed people that lived during Medieval and Tudor historical eras. Episode 9 of the series focuses on Dido Elizabeth Belle. The only known portrait of Dido Belle, showing her with her cousin and close companion, Lady Elizabeth Murray, at Kenwood © By kind permission of the Earl of Mansfield, Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland Thanks to the incredible 2013 film Belle , most period film fans have a general idea of what life was like for Dido Elizabeth Belle. This entertaining short video shows a historical reenactor portraying Dido Elizabeth Belle's ty pical day at Kenwood. According to Kenwood It was not unheard of for a powerful aristocrat to be the legal guardian to such a relation. But it was extremely unusual at this time for...

I am not sure how many of you readers out there are also writers, filmmakers, etc. However, I thought you all might want to read these scripts! The first script I ever read was to Bridesmaids (2011). Ever since then I have loved reading scripts. You learn so much about the movie and films in general when you read scripts. Here are the scripts for GET ON UP  the James Brown biopic and BELLE the Dido Elizabeth Belle biopic. Both scripts were found HERE . They have tons of other non-period film related scripts. ~enjoy~

Here's an update from our brothers and sisters across the pond! This blog is dedicated to the whole African Diaspora. SO if any of my followers have any suggestions send them in!! The beautiful   Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin in this l ate 18th–early 19th century painting by an unknown artist  I have seen this picture so many times. I've read the story behind it and finally I'll be able to watch a film based around the life of Dibo Elizabeth Belle!! The beautiful Gugu Mbatha-Raw will be playing Dibo. Some Preview Photos! I'm very excited about this.