Seeing is understanding.

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2014)

I do not ever recall seeing a production which has moved me so deeply as 12 Years a Slave.
As a drama it has everything that you could wish to see, I do not want to trivialize the events captured but I do believe that this is a movie that everyone should see.
As a production, I can only describe this as faultless matching stunning staging with immaculate if brutal acting while set to a hauntingly beautiful score.
Honestly, I had never heard of this movie until a couple of weeks ago and it is not the sort of movie which I would generally go to the cinema to see but I have I'm glad I did and the biggest compliment I can offer is that it made me want to read the book and find out more about slavery and it's abolition.