The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle, of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield in eighteenth century England.
Released in 2013, Belle was directed by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Tom Felton and Tom Wilkinson.