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Mar 8, 2024 Full Review Mark Johnson Awards Daily A searing and thought-provoking portrait of pre-Civil War American slavery... 12 Years a Slave is an absorbing and divinely crafted film, even if...
A searing and thought-provoking portrait of pre-Civil War American slavery... 12 Years a Slave is an absorbing and divinely crafted film, even if it is a brutal watch. Full Review | Jun 14,...
Oct 17, 2013 · The opening scenes of " 12 Years a Slave ," Steve McQueen's searing adaptation of the true-life account of a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into...
12 Years a Slave — a biopic about a black fiddler in NY who somehow wound up a slave in Louisiana from 1841 until the law rescued him in 1853—is the nearly universally acclaimed front runner for the Best Picture Oscar.
Aug 31, 2013 · Telluride Film Review: ’12 Years a Slave’. This epic account of an unbreakable soul makes even Scarlett O’Hara’s struggles seem petty by comparison. By Peter Debruge.
Oct 24, 2013 · By Graham Fuller. October 24, 2013. If Uncle Tom’s Cabin played its part in bringing about abolition, so did Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup’s account of the purgatory he endured as an...
Nov 1, 2013 · Directed by Steve McQueen ( Hunger, Shame) and scripted by John Ridley ( Red Tails ), 12 Years a Slave is a well-crafted film that uses the topic of slavery in the pre-Civil War U.S. as a means for ruminating on the human condition.
