the learn of the slaves

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2019)

12 Years a Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man and professional violinist from New York who, in 1841, gratefully accepted an offer of employment from two men, claiming to be fellow artists and members of a traveling circus. The morning after a night of fine dining and wining with the pair, Solomon awoke to a nightmare - discovering that he had been deceived, drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery.