Amazing Grace Historical Accuracy

I believe that the movie, Amazing Grace, is both historically accurate and inaccurate. There were also strong and weak parts of the movie. The accurate and good parts of this movie include the ending scene, the humor incorporated into it, some quotes, and the amount of research done for the movie to be accurate. First, the most important part of the movie was the ending. This was when Wilberforce presents the Bill to the House of Commons. The scene seemed real and true! It was very nicely done—except for one inaccuracy that I will get to later—and straight to the point. Although I am not sure if the final 283 to 16 vote was actually true, the difference was so great that it proved the point. Next, the topic of the movie is very emotional and dark, but the way humor …show more content…
Finally, the creators of this movie definitely did a lot of research in order to make this movie accurate and realistic. It is obvious that there is a lot of information and details from this time period, so the writers had a lot of things to watch out for and include in the movie. The negative and inaccurate parts of the movie were more common than the positives. The inaccuracies included: the British bill passing system, the tune of amazing grace, the way William Pitt and Wilberforce were made out to be, Equiano’s memory of experience, and the absence of slaves in the movie. First off, from the beginning, the movie was very confusing. From the start, many characters just showed up without introduction, so sometimes I was stuck guessing who people were until I caught on. Along with that, the time period kept switching from past to present, which also added to the confusion. I also did not catch on that Pitt was dying until the very end because of this. Some parts were long and dragged on, which caused my attention to go in and out. The biggest inaccuracy that I noticed was the process of which the bill was actually