Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British screenwriter, film director, and former actress. She wrote and directed A Way of Life (2004). Her second film as a director was Belle in 2013.
An illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle.
Belle tells the moving true story of the woman whose life and love defied convention and left a mark on history.
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