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12 YEARS A SLAVE tells the incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindness, Solomon struggles not only to ...
Nov 30, 2013 · I believe in racial memory. "12 Years a Slave" is about both kinds of memory, and how they are suppressed, and why they are suppressed, and why they shouldn't be, and how art can tease them out and look at them honestly, without flinching. The film's script, by John Ridley , and its direction, by Steve McQueen, treat the experience of Solomon ...
12 Years a Slave er en amerikansk dramafilm fra 2013. Filmen er instrueret af Steve McQueen, og har Chiwetel Ejiofor i hovedrollen, Lupita Amondi Nyong'o i en birolle, som hun vandt en Oscar for, og Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt og Benedict Cumberbatch i andre vigtige roller. Ved Oscaruddelingen 2014 modtog filmen tre Oscars, herunder en Oscar ...
Oct 8, 2023 · “12 Years a Slave,” McQueen’s version of a wake-up call, was released 10 years ago this month. ... in “12 Years a Slave.” The film was based on the 1853 memoir of the real-life Northup ...
135 min. U/Spillefilm. I 1841, tiden før borgerkrigen i USA, følger vi Solomon Northup, en fri sort mand fra det nordlige New York, hvor han bor med sin kone og børn. Familien bor i Saragota, hvor Solomon lever af at spille violin. En dag bliver han brutalt bortført og solgt til slaveri på en bomuldsfarm i det sydlige USA.
12 Years a Slave tells the true story of Solomon Northup, an educated and free black man living in New York during the 1840's who gets abducted, shipped to the south, and sold into slavery. It is a film that stimulates at both an emotional level and an intellectual one. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup.
