FILM REVIEW:12 years a slave
12 YEARS A SLAVE Drama film 2013 “12 Years a Slave” is a 2013 American historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong'o. The film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir “Twelve Years a Slave” by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the antebellum United States. The movie is a powerful and emotionally charged exploration of the horrors of slavery, and its impact on human lives. 1853 memoir “Twelve Years a Slave” by Solomon Northup The film begins with the introduction of Solomon Northup, a talented musician and a family man living in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1841. One day, he is approached by two white men who offer him a job as a musician, and after a night of drinking, he wakes up in chains and is sold into slavery. He is taken to Louisiana, where he is bought by a cruel and sadistic slave owner, Edwin Epps, and his wife, Mistress Epps. Solomon's life is now a never-...