12 Years a Slave
R · 2013 ‧ Horror/Drama ‧ 2h 14m
In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he also finds...
Release date: October 18, 2013 (USA)
Director: Steve McQueen
Story by: Solomon Northup
Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Entertainment One, and more
Adapted from: Twelve Years a Slave
Box office: $187.7 million
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12 Years a Slave (film) ... 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave ...
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The story begins with him living with wife and children in upstate New York as a free man. After being lured to Washington by a couple of con-artists who ...
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Mar 7, 2015 · I think because it was a sign that he was a free educated man which would only make his owners more furious and "protective" (in a your mine and ...
May 31, 2022 · She agrees that Northup was a free man who was kidnapped and spent twelve years a slave. Her title 200 Years A Fraud seems more to be driven by ...
A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup.
Mar 9, 2024 · 12 Years a Slave, American dramatic film (2013), based on the 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, that won three Oscars.
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