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Bel Powley avoided period pieces, but 'A Small Light' was no 'dusty historical drama'

Bel Powley isn't one of those English actors who is forever starring in period pieces and stuffy literary adaptations.

Los Angeles Times

The true Disney+ series with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score that has viewers 'ugly crying'

A Small Light debuted on the streaming service earlier this month

Manchester Evening News

Is A Small Light based on a true story? Everything we know about the truth behind the Disney+ series

Is A Small Light based on a true story? Here's what we know about Miep and her story, plus news about the actress who plays her.

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A Small Light Showrunner Explains Trying To Find 'Joy In This Tragedy' Of Miep Gies And Anne Frank's Story Despite Knowing The Ending

A Small Light continues telling Miep Gies' story, and showrunner Joan Rater opened up about the show finding joy despite the coming tragedy.

Cinemablend

Bel Powley on Botox, nepotism and difficult sex scenes: ‘The heroin chic thing is gonna die again, right?’

The star of ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ and ‘Everything I Know About Love’ talks to Ellie Harrison about playing the woman who hid Anne Frank and rescued her diary in ‘A Small Light’

The Independent UK

The new films and shows out on Disney+ this weekend – May 4

Disney Plus has some great new content dropping this week

Manchester Evening News

Disney’s A Small Light: The true story of the woman who hid Anne Frank

Bel Powley plays Miep Gies, the Amsterdam secretary who hid the Frank family, in the new show

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A Small Light review – this charming, poignant drama gifts Anne Frank’s tale to yet another generation

The writer is a minor character in a fresh, lively take on her family’s story. Its focus on her father Otto and his secretary Miep Gies – who hid the Franks – is engaging and courageous

The Guardian - UK

Behind the scenes of new wartime show A Small Light on Disney+: ‘we always need shows like this’

The show’s cast and crew talk about Anne Frank, modernism in period dramas and why telling these stories is so important

Evening Standard

'A Small Light' focuses on those who helped Anne Frank

The new National Geographic series “A Small Light” stars Bel Powley as Miep Gies, a real-life heroine who protected celebrated diarist Anne Frank and seven others in a secret annex in Amsterdam during World War II

The Independent UK

‘A Small Light’ Offers a Unique Take on Anne Frank’s Story

Bel Powley plays ‘everyday superhero’ Miep Gies and Liev Schrieber plays Frank’s father Otto

Multichannel News

A Small Light cast: who's who in the World War Two drama

Meet the A Small Light cast who are bringing the story of Miep and Jan Gies, the people who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II.

WhatToWatch

A Small Light Showrunner Discusses The Goal To 'Take The Cobwebs' Off Miep Gies Beyond The Diary Of Anne Frank

A Small Light is a new limited series based on the true story of Miep Gies, and showrunner Joan Rater opened up about shedding more light on the woman known from Anne Frank's diary.

Cinemablend

Actor Bel Powley: ‘I’d shied away from second world war stories – it’s always all about men’

The Morning Show star on playing the woman who hid Anne Frank, revitalising period dramas and working with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon

The Guardian - UK

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Our weekend arts and culture picks, from The Flaming Lips to Polite Society

All the best things to read, watch and listen to over the Bank Holiday weekend

Evening Standard

A Small Light on Disney+ review: this story of bravery and perseverance is a hammer-wallop round the head

The remarkable Miep Gies deserves to be spotlighted in this moving National Geographic series about Anne Frank

The Independent UK

New series about the Anne Frank story is under attack by antisemitic trolls, creators say

A Small Light, streaming from 2 May on Disney+, focuses on the heroic efforts of Miep and Jan Gies during the Second World War

The Independent UK

Anne Frank’s story transformed the world’s view of the Holocaust. This woman kept her family and her diary alive

The diary of Anne Frank — written as she hid with her family and others in the annex of an Amsterdam building while Hitler’s Nazis hunted for Jews in the Second World War — is one of the most widely read books in the world. A new series shines a…

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Robert F Kennedy Jr denies comparing Covid mandates to the Holocaust

Remarks insinuated that Bill Gates was behind effort to surveil ‘every mile’ of Earth while conjuring Nazi imagery

Salon

Kennedy: "COVID ruined middle class"

Known for his controversial views on vaccinations, Kennedy's presidential campaign is going just as you'd expect

The Independent UK

New this week: David Bowie, 'Fatal Attraction' and Smokey

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Smokey Robinson and The National, a live action take on the classic Peter Pan story with Jude Law as Captain Hook and the David Bowie documentary “Moonage Daydream,” which is described as a one-of-a-kind trip into the mind of the celebrated rock…

Chicago Sun-Times

Tech investment is a pathway to better student achievement

Our congressional leaders should invest in American technology to provide equity and opportunity, the head of a small Chicago nonprofit writes.

The Guardian - US

‘Bigoted vitriol’: Florida Republican urged to resign over offensive trans remarks

Conservative lawmaker issues partial apology for calling trans people ‘demons and imps’ during hearing on bathroom bill

Chicago Sun-Times

Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida high school

School officials removed the illustrated version of the popular diary after a conservative advocacy group said it minimized the Holocaust.

The Independent UK

Graphic version of Anne Frank book removed by Florida school

A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust

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