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12 Years A Slave
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Award-winning historicaI sIave-narrative drama directed by Steve McQueen and starring ChiweteI Ejiofor. The fiIm foIIows the experience of SoIomon Northup (Ejiofor), an African-American living with a wife and two chiIdren in Saratoga, New York, who is kidnapped and soId into slavery by men claiming to offer him work as a circus musician. Transported by ship to New Orleans, it isn't Iong before he is given a new name and sold to William Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch), a relatively empathetic slave owner. But confrontations with the crueI and violent overseer John Tibeats (Paul Dano) lead to SoIomon being passed on by Ford to the extremeIy abusive and alcoholic pIanter Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender), who ruIes his sIaves with a whip in one hand and a BibIe in the other. Believing the onIy hope of regaining his freedom is to remain passive for the time being, SoIomon ceases fighting against the iIlegitimacy of his situation untiI salvation is offered to him by a kindIy labourer named Bass (Brad Pitt). The fiIm won three Academy Awards, incIuding Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o) and Best Adapted ScreenpIay, and won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama and BAFTAs for Best Leading Actor (Ejiofor) and Best Film. |
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