12 Years a Slave
A free Black man is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the antebellum South.
“Steve McQueen's unflinching account of Solomon Northup's ordeal is essential, devastating cinema. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o are extraordinary.”
Steve McQueen's unflinching account of Solomon Northup's ordeal is essential, devastating cinema. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o are extraordinary.
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