In 1748, at the height of the slave trading era, John Newton sails to the coast of Nigeria and the port of Calabar. Now captain of this ship, The Greyhound, his previous experience in the slave trade have turned him away from religion, into a coarse man with few morals. Slaves are rounded up by force and trickery; villages raided and burned down, the captives kept in dungeons chained like animals as John Newton fills his ship with his cargo which he hardly considers human. But as he leaves the Nigeria coast with a ship load of slaves, a violent storm brings John Newton to the point of death and causes him to re-evaluate his life. He attributes his miraculous escape to the amazing grace of God, although it is one of the slaves who actually saved him. Despite receiving the amazing grace, John Newton continues his slave trading. It takes an act of humanity from one of the slaves he considers animals to show him the true meaning of the words. He finally renounces slave trading and decides to devote his life to religion. On his visit to Calabar, the melody of a popular local song has stuck in John Newtons mind. So when he pens the words to the worlds most famous hymn, Amazing Grace, it is that African melody which he uses to accompany them, a fitting tribute to the land Actors: Nick Moran, Scott Cleverdon, Mbong Odungide, Fred Amata and Joke Silva [DRAMA] newitem94478882Regular price: $12.99Sale price: $5.85 Watch African TV Online! Watch Ghana / Nigeria TV Online! Get American Visa! Return to Africa! www.nigerian-movies.net....your home for Nigerian movies Copyright � 2006 Nigeria-movies Inc. All rights reserved.