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Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Amma Asante, and James Norton on the set of BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight. CR: David Appleby.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Amma Asante, and James Norton on the set of BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight. CR: David Appleby.

Sam Reid as "John Davinier" and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as "Dido" in Amma Asante's BELLE ©Fox Searchlight.

Sam Reid as “John Davinier” and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as “Dido” in Amma Asante’s BELLE ©Fox Searchlight.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as "Dido Elizabeth Belle" in BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as “Dido Elizabeth Belle” in BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight.

Writer Misan Sagay of BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight.

Writer Misan Sagay of BELLE. ©Fox Searchlight.

 

Misan Sagay at the Fox Searchlight Pictures New York Premiere of "Belle". Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight. ©Starpix. CR: Marion Curits.

Misan Sagay at the Fox Searchlight Pictures New York Premiere of “Belle”. Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight.