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Beloved (film)
Beloved
is a 1998 American
horror
-
drama film
based on
Toni Morrison
's 1987
novel of the same name
, directed by
Jonathan Demme
and starring
Oprah Winfrey
,
Danny Glover
, and
Thandie Newton
. The plot centers on a former slave after the
American Civil War
, her haunting by a
poltergeist
, and the visitation of her
reincarnated
daughter whom she murdered out of desperation to save her from a slave owner. Despite being a
box office bomb
,
Beloved
received an
Academy Award
nomination for
Best Costume Design
for
Colleen Atwood
, and both Danny Glover and
Kimberly Elise
received praise for their performances.
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