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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 memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
Nov 8, 2013 · 12 Years a Slave: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Steve McQueen
- 2013-11-08
Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South.
- Solomon Northup
- 1853
Advertise With Us. 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.
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- Steve Mcqueen
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- Chiwetel Ejiofor
Apr 19, 2024 · 12 Years a Slave, American dramatic film, released in 2013, that impressed critics and audiences with its harrowing depiction of slavery in the antebellum South. The movie won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for best picture as well as the Golden Globe Award for best drama.
- Pat Bauer
In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life. — Fox Searchlight. Saratoga Springs, New York, 1841. Solomon Northup, the free-born African American son of a freed slave, finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup. Watch trailers & learn more.
