Provides A Brutal Look On The Evils Of Slavery

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2015)

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in this movie entitled,"12 Years A Slave" as Solomon Northup, a New York State citizen who was kidnapped and made to work on a plantation as a slave in New Orleans in the 1800's. It was based on his memoir that has the same title of the movie and apparently it was stated that he worked for 12 years as a slave before he was released. This movie has been honored with numerous Oscar nominations that includes the screenplay written by John Ridley and its director Steve McQueen aside from that of Best Actor for Ejiofor and winning the Best Picture during the year it was released.
Solomon Northup is a free African-American man working as a violinist, who lives with his wife, Anne Hampton, and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York.But in 1841,he was two men, Brown and Hamilton, offer him a two-week job as a musician if he will travel to Washington, D.C., with them. Once there, they drugged him and sold him as a slave to New Orleans along with others who have been captured. A slave trader named Freeman gives Northup the identity of "Platt", a runaway slave from Georgia and sells him to plantation owner William Ford. The movie presents the evils of slavery and the experiences Northup had in the next 12 years until he was released and regained his freedom.
The film won the Best Picture as stated earlier in the review.It greatly deserves this honor as it marvelously and excellently provides a brutal look at the evils of slavery during its existence in American history.Also,it was unsentimental and it clearly portrays bluntly how slavery could affect an individual.This is a powerful and compelling that one would definitely appreciate as the viewer gets to see the horrific experiences of Northup and the other slaves during the 1800's. In summary,it provides credence and great cinema translation of Northup's memoir. It is a film that viewers of great movies that would surely enjoy.