12 Years A Slave

  • Theatrical - Limited 2013-10-18
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An adaptation of Solomon Northup’s autobiographical novel about his experience as a free black man who, promised a job playing violin in the circus, is drugged and dragged to Louisiana and sold into slavery for twelve years.

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Review: 12 Years a Slave

PLOT: The devastating true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who, in 1853, was kidnapped from his home in Washington D.C, and sold into slavery in the south. REVIEW: At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere...

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Review: 12 Years a Slave

PLOT: The devastating true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who, in 1853, was kidnapped from his home in Washington D.C, and sold into slavery in the south. REVIEW: At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere...
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