Watch the trailer here!
12 Years a Slave is a Oscar winning movie that is set in the 1800's in America. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the main character in the movie, Solomon Northup. Solomon grew up with his family in New York but when he got to be an adult he got kidnapped being told that he would get a two week job as a musician but he gets drugged and wakes up in chains actually being sold into slavery. Before Solomon got kidnapped he had a very well off life playing the violin and being a very skilled carpenter. He lived with his wife and two children.
When Solomon is kidnapped he gets renamed "Platt", which is the identity of a runaway slave from Georgia. Solomon works on plantations in Louisiana 12 years before his release. He gets beaten and yelled at alot. Living on minimal food and drink, and missing his family he tries to stay on the positive side of things saying "I don't want to survive, I want to live"
12 Years a Slave is a very eye opening and inspiring movie it also has a very deep meaning. 12 Years a Slave is a beautiful movie and it shows that the world is always changing.
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| Lupita Nyong'o winning an Oscar for best supporting actress in the movie, 12 Years a Slave |
Well done I think you post is really good because you outlined the book really well and explained the trailer great.
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