12 years a slave

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12 years a slave

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Fox Searchlight Pictures ; directed by Steve McQueen ; screenplay by John Ridley ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; produced by Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas ; executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; Regency Enterprises and River Road Entertainment present a River Road, Plan B, and New Regency production ; in association with Film4 ; a film by Steve McQueen

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Twelve years a slave

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Summary

The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his freedom

Awards note

Academy Awards, 2014: Best motion picture, Best performance by an actress in a supporting role (Lupita Nyong'o), Best writing, adapted screenplay (John Ridley).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: R; for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality

Language note

English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.A12 2014

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Bryan Batt, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois

Runtime

134

Technique

live action

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