12 Years a Slave

Based On the book by Solomon Northup

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a Black American, who was kidnapped from Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of David Wilson's version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon. In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup.

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Release date:

August 30, 2013

Director:

Steve McQueen

Cast:

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti

Genre:

Drama, Biographical

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

2013 in adaptations