A very powerful film to make you feel and reflect

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2014)

This film tells the incredibly emotional story of a free man who got abducted and sold into slavery.
Slavery is one of the darkest stains in human history, and how people thought the whole slavery system could be right was completely beyond my comprehension. "12 Years a Slave" tells a story of hopelessness, fear, desolation and injustice. There are so many thought provoking quotes from the film such as "I don't want to survive, I want to live", these are so basic and yet powerful words. There are many powerful scenes, especially the very extended hanging scene - it's extraordinary that people could just walk past Solomon as if nothing happened. Such cold blooded behaviour is incompatible with humanity.
"12 Years a Slave" is a very powerful film. The use of silence and the sparing use of music augmented the emotions, giving viewers time to ponder on the atrocities of the past. It is not an easy film to watch, but well worth the time as it makes you feel and reflect.