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12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free. Solomon Northup's Odyssey was the first film adaptation of Twelve Years a Slave. A second film adaptation, 12 Years a Slave, was released in 2013.
Patsey (c. 1830–after 1863) was an African American enslaved woman. Solomon Northup wrote about her in his book Twelve Years a Slave, which is the source for most of the information known about her. There have been two adaptations of the book in film: Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984), and the better known 12 Years a Slave (2013).
From 2000 to 2010, he was a commentator and blogger for NPR. [12] His blog was Visible Man, a play on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. [13] In 2003, Ridley inked a one-year overall deal with Universal Network Television. [14] His work as screenwriter also includes 12 Years a Slave, [15] Red Tails, and Undercover Brother.
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A Twelve-Year Night (Spanish: La noche de 12 años) is a 2018 drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner. [3] It premiered in Official Selection at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, and it was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup. Twelve Years a Slave may also refer to: 12 Years a Slave, a 2013 film based on the memoir 12 Years a Slave, the film soundtrack; 12 Years a Slave, the film score
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film directed and produced by Steve McQueen.It is an adaptation of the 1853 autobiographical slave narrative memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery.