a conversation with amma asante, director of a critically acclaimed new movie "belle." this is a very impressive movie that i think you'll want to see. glad you've joined us about the conversation nust movie "belle" coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> all too often in movies, 18th century britain is solely depicted in the most gentile of term, jane austen meets masterpiece theater. but a new film titled "belle" is taking a very different approach, showing how all that wealth and elegance were paid for by the slave trade. "belle" is directed by amma asante who won the coveted b fachlt attachment award for the most promising newcomer for her first film "a way of life," back in 2005. it took almost a decade, though, for her to find another film that she wanted to make. let's take a look at a scene from "belle" which has just opened in limited release. >> we are to finally come out? but why? >> you understand the ways of the world for a female. elizabeth has no income. >> when all this has gone