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An Educational Drama, Feb 26 2013

As a bi-racial woman, I found this story educational regarding the British slave trade. It was very poignant, to say the least. I found myself reflecting on it days and weeks after watching it the first time. I did watch it 2 more times. I agree with the comments from the other reviewers. Some time later we saw Amazing Grace and it rounded out and completed the British slave subject for me.

In fact, I had always taken for granted that Amazing Grace was an old gospel song from the American South. In truth it was a British song composed by a British ship captain who brought slaves to England from Africa and came to realize the evils of slavery and profound guilt for the part he… Read more

MARY WAS INCREDIBLE!!!, Oct 16 2011

We bought this movie. It is historically accurate suspenseful film is based on real people and events. Yes, I agree, it doesn't get any better than this.

Mary Bryant was something else! What courage! What leadership! Although she was uneducated and illiterate, reaction to her experiences was even more surprising. I later Googled her name to see how accurate the movie is. I was not disappointed. This girl was incredibly resourceful in the face of countless dangers unheard of. Maybe because her experiences hadn't happened before. The unexpected trials Mary endured couldn't be imagined by most people, especially we, who live in North America.

I really cannot add very much… Read more

THE GRAND IS GRAND!!!, Mar 14 2010

THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON THE GRAND: SERIES 1 AND SERIES 2.
We have owned The Grand, The Complete Collection for about 8 years now. We have watched it over and over, and over. We showed it to relatives that visited us from the U.S. and they felt the same as we do. Susan Hampshire is excellent and not at all 'wooden' in my opinion. Of course she played a high class prostitute and the role called for her to be 'cool' at times. Susan portrayed whatever the role/character called for. We have The Grand and its sequel. My only complaint is the original actress who played 'Ruth' Marcus' wife did not return for the sequel. Although Marcus was a scoundrel, he came through a few times when help… Read more