12 Years a Slave

This film is an extremely compelling account of the brutality and inhumanity of slavery. Solomon Northrup is kidnapped and conned from being a free man to a slave - just like that!

I found the movie well played and heart breaking, and also I believe it is still relevant for today, if people realize the link between that time and those events and the new still disguised kind exploitation of third world countries taking place nowadays. Still one thing about this movie is a bit disappointing to me, which is the fact that Brad Pitt is playing the (short) role of the only compassionate white person ánd saviour of the day.

I thought this movie had some good qualities but it was just missing something. Sure the aggression and oppression was there but I didn't believe the emotion.

A remarkable and horrendous true story. It is difficult to watch, but it is important that people do so, if we are to learn from our terrible history.

My only question is who picked this man to "act" in the leading role. His face didn't change at all during the whole film with the exception of a couple of tears added in his lower eyelids by the make-up assistant, in two or three scenes.

I watched this movie right after reading the book and it felt like watching the summary of it. Events mentioned in the books are presented mostly accurately but some events are squeezed to save time.

Today watch this Oscar nominated film and won Best of 2013 in 2014! And I was in doubt because the main actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was familiar and I decided to research and discover the film I saw last year O Menino que Descobriu o Vento.

I attended the premiere of 12 Years a Slave at the Toronto International Film Festival. Having no tickets, we had to wait close to 4 hours hoping they might let us in.

Summery ​ The movie '12years a slave' , directed by the British director Steve McQueen in 2013, is a racism-related and civil rights' story. This movie is based on the true story that happened in 1880s' southern part of the States before the Civil Rights' War had broken up.