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'Amazing Grace' and the End of the Slave Trade

Two hundred years ago, the passion and oratory of a man named William Wilberforce drove the British Parliament to abolish slavery. Michael Apted, director of Amazing Grace, talks about the film adaptation of the life of Wilberforce.

Guests:

Michael Apted, director, most recently, of the film Amazing Grace, which opens nationwide on Friday, February 23

Eric Metaxas, most recent book is Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery; author of many children's books; humor pieces have appeared in Harper's magazine, and The New York Times

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