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Empire (2023)
Directed by Frederikke Aspöck
Overview
As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Anna Neye Poulsen | Sara Fanta Traore | Claus Riis Østergaard | Jesper Groth | Tyler Errol Murray | Caroline Henderson | James L. Sampson | Søs Sif Thiele | Jesper Asholt | Anders Brink Madsen | Chérie Celeste Malone | Prince Yaw Appiah | Christopher Læssø | Peter Gantzler | Karen Mukupa | Mikkel Hilgart | Søren Sætter-Lassen