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James Basker, Professor of Literary History at Barnard College, is the president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which recently began featuring an online exhibit, “Wilberforce, Lincoln, and the Abolition of Slavery.” In light of the new attention being drawn to Wilberforce, the subject of the new movie Amazing Grace, we thought this would be a good time to interview Mr. Basker, the editor of Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery 1660-1810 (2002), Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820 (2005), and Slavery in the Founding Era: Literary Contexts (2005).

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The prolific filmmaker mentioned Amazing Grace, his upcoming historic drama about British politician William Wilberforce, who helped abolish the slave trade in the UK during the early 19th Century. Considering Apted’s extensive background making historic films including the WWII political thriller Enigma and his sting directing the first three episodes of the HBO series “Rome,” it makes sense that Apted would be interested in this politically charged story from 200 years ago.

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Now, he’s starring in Michael Apted’s historic drama Amazing Grace, playing a different kind of hero in the form of William Wilberforce, the leader of the British abolition movement who made it his life’s work to try to end the slave trade in England during the early 19th Century.

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Here’s the video for Chris Tomlin’s song “Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)” made for the Walden Media film Amazing Grace.

Check out Amazing Grace today! I’d say more, but I’ve got some packing to do for a retreat this weekend. In the meantime, visit Amazing Grace – the official website!

TODAY ONLY Chris Tomlin’s new music video for “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” is being premiered exclusively at Yahoo! Music. It’s not everyday that worship music gets featured in a space like this, let alone a new version of a classic hymn like “Amazing Grace”. So head on over to Yahoo! and watch the music video with clips from the movie releasing this Friday!

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Featured on the soundtrack, Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Amazing Grace, and written by 2006 two-GRAMMY nominee and the Gospel Music Association’s Artist of the Year, Chris Tomlin, “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” will be sung on Amazing Grace Sunday February 18. Over 3,600 North American churches from all 50 states and 10 provinces have already signed up to sing “Amazing Grace” and pray for the end of slavery as an estimated 27 million men, women, and children are still enslaved around the globe. Churches in the United Kingdom are joining together for Amazing Grace Sunday March 25.

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Author Christine Schaub recently pre-screened the upcoming movie “Amazing Grace.” Christine’s most recent best-selling novel, THE LONGING SEASON, chronicles the life of John Newton and the story behind his most beloved hymn. Schaub’s novels are painstakingly researched for historical accuracy so her take on the new film was especially interesting. Here are her personal observations:

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Popular US Christian singer/songwriter Bethany Dillon, the young star who released her 2004 self-titled debut album to critical acclaim at the age of 15, returns 3 April with her third studio project, Waking Up.

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Bob Beltz has a lot to say. As the Associate Producer of the upcoming movie Amazing Grace as well as the editor of Real Christianity, Beltz talks to us about the life of William Wilberforce and the issue of slavery in the modern world today and what we can do about it. As a part of Walden Media, he also gives the latest scoop on the Narnia series, including which movies have been greenlit, the problem with Edmund and the timeline of releases.

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