Empire

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.

Director: Frederikke Aspöck , Anna Neye Poulsen

Cast:Anna Neye Poulsen , Sara Fanta Traore , Claus Riis Østergaard , Jesper Groth , Tyler Errol Murray , Caroline Henderson , James L. Sampson , Søs Sif Thiele , Jesper Asholt