AMAZING GRACE

Minggu kedua saw our CF for the first time watching a movie. The movie was entitled Amazing Grace. Well like the title goes, the movie is not about how the hymn was written but what gave the writer John Newton the idea to write it. The movie is about the horrors of slavery and the whole slave trade and how William Wilberforce was fighting to make sure that the whole slave trade to be banished and made illegal. With his determination the bill for anti-slavery being passed in Parliment in 1807. The movie was directed by Michael Apted and stars Ioan Gruffudd and Albert Finney.

One of our members wrote:

"I enjoyed the movie a lot. It was very touching. The way Wilberforce and the others strived for the abolition of the slave trade actually made me think a lot. These people were fighting for humanity, regardless of the races. It actually reminded me of the orang asli in our country. Although they are not in captives, we have seen the condition of their living. Perhaps what we can do for them is little, but just do not forget about these less fortunate people in our lands that need our support and prayers." Jinny Yew, Final Year, Material Engineering

So do catch it if you can. For those people who missed it and wants to watch it, Joshua Entol has a copy.