Great movie about a very important subject

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2014)

12 years a slave allows you to take a good look at the until-today somewhat taboo topic of slavery and life of slaves in the United States of the 1800s. The movie takes many positive elements of Hollywood movie-making like excellent shots, camera angles, colours and music while borrows literary conversations from a narrative novel of the same title from the 1800s and shows you professional acting with many long, close shots of the actor's faces. The movie is easily watchable but is of a great depth and will make you watch scenes when you wanna turn your head and will make you think of an important era that didn't pass without effects on our present times. An undeniable masterpiece that might show the beginning of a new kind of movies made for a broader audience with dramatic depth and historical accuracy.