Beloved is a 1998 American horror-drama film based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton. The plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter whom she murdered out of desperation to save her from a slave owner. Despite being a box office bomb,Beloved received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood, and both Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise received praise for their performances.
Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati shortly after the Civil War. An angry poltergeist terrorizes Sethe and her three children, causing her two sons to run away forever. Eight years later, Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives alone with her daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Paul D. (Danny Glover), an old friend from Sweet Home, the plantation Sethe had escaped from years earlier, finds Sethe's home, where he drives off the angry spirit. Afterwards, Paul D. proposes that he should stay and Sethe responds favorably. Shortly after Paul D. moves in, a clean, mentally handicapped young woman (Thandie Newton) named Beloved stumbles into Sethe's yard and also stays with them.
When no one wants to know you, wants to claim you
Or look deep in your eyes
When those you love give you up, hurt you so bad
You can't stand to fight
Well, I've known that darkest hour
That's where I found true love
Jesus lifted me from the dead of night
And He'll never give me up
I'm his beloved and He's mine
Nothing can separate, no space, no time
No death, no life, no person, no power
So strong is the love of my Heavenly Father
I'm His beloved
There are days when I look away, for a moment I stray
But He's always there waiting
There are times I look in His eyes with tears filling mine
And He reaches to hold me
Through the constant pounding on my door
From this age and its deceit
I will cry to God from my heart of hearts
He is all the strength I need
I'm his beloved and He's mine
Nothing can separate, no space, no time
No death, no life, no person, no power
So strong is the love of my Heavenly Father
Well, I can't make sense of it
But it's my security
Nothing can separate the love
The love He has for me
I'm his beloved, He's mine
Nothing can separate, no space, no time
No death, no life, no person, no power
So strong is the love of my Heavenly Father
I said, no death, no life, no person, no power
So strong is the love of my Heavenly Father
I'm His beloved