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Where was Beloved filmed?

1998 film, directed by Jonathan Demme.

  • Delaware

The story is set in Ohio, about 386 miles (621 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Ohio
Filmed in
Delaware
Distance
About 386 miles (621 km) between Ohio and the nearest filming location.

About Beloved

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Released
1998
Director
Jonathan Demme
Cast
Oprah WinfreyDanny GloverThandiwe NewtonKimberly EliseBeah RichardsLisaGay HamiltonBrian HooksAisha KahlilOumou SangaréThelma Houston
Genre
DramaPeriod Drama
Based on
Beloved
Awards
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

The story

Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio shortly after the Civil War.

Afterwards, he proposes he stay and Sethe responds favorably.

In retaliation, Schoolteacher and his nephews brutally whipped Sethe, leaving a "tree" of keloid scars on her back.

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