12 Years a slave, typical inaccurate stereotype of southern cruelty of slaves

Rating: 3/10 (24 March 2014)

I was hoping this movie would have some redeeming qualities and not just like every movie that depicts whitey as a brutal, cruel, and demeaning, stereotypical southern slave owner. This movie was just one cruel treatment followed by another, then another, then another, and then another. I understand that there was some of this going on but just think of the millions who watch this think this movie is what happened to the majority of slaves. I saw no creativity or originality or anything that would make this movie special.
As a southerner I was hoping to see this subject matter handled with some balance and saw none. To say this was bad guys wearing the black hats is an injustice to what was a dark time for America but this treatment of this highly sensitive issue was heavy handed with no objectivity at all. This is no way to offer a docudrama as fact when it represented a myopic vision to a much more complex issue. I just hope those who see this movie and not prejudiced by Steve McQueen's poor handling of this time in history.