12 Years a Slave
Stars
4
Rating
R
Author
John Ridley (screenplay), Solomon Northup (book)
Length
134 min
Director
Steve McQueen
Synopsis
"12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before his release." [Wikipedia]
Genre
Historical
Released
2013
Location
North America
Period
This is a disturbing movie with a happy ending--because slavery has been abolished from the world.
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
End of Atlantic Slave Trade
1753
1888
One Earth
Early Nation (U.S.)
1789
1849
United States
Civil War Era (U.S.)
1849
1865
United States