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12 Years a Slave (film) - Wikipedia
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)
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12 Years a Slave (2013) - IMDb
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/
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12 Years a Slave (2013) - Rotten Tomatoes
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, the New York State citizen who was kidnapped and made to work on a plantation in New Orleans in the 1800s.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/12_years_a_slave
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How 12 Years a Slave Gets History Right: By Getting It Wrong - The Atlantic
Steve McQueen's film fudges several details of Solomon Northup's autobiography—both intentionally and not—to more completely portray the horrors of slavery.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/how-em-12-years-a-slave-em-gets-history-right-by-getting-it-wrong/280911/
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The Blood and Tears, Not the Magnolias - The New York Times
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” based on the true story of Solomon Northup, drives straight to the heart of the cruelties of oppression.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/movies/12-years-a-slave-holds-nothing-back-in-show-of-suffering.html
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12 Years a Slave: true story? Fact and fiction in mostly accurate movie about Solomon Northup.
Steve McQueen’s devastating new movie, 12 Years a Slave, begins with the words “based on a true story”.
https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/12-years-a-slave-true-story-fact-and-fiction-in-mostly-accurate-movie-about-solomon-northup.html
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Steve McQueen on 12 Years a Slave
The film’s brutality made its own director look away, but to call it a movie about slavery is, he feels, to miss the point.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/steve-mcqueen-talks-12-years-a-slave.html
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12 Years a Slave | Metacritic
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/12-years-a-slave
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Review: '12 Years A Slave' Is Triumphant
VideoOnly two films this year have truly moved me in a fundamental way. The first was the exceptional Short Term 12, which I declared at the time was the best film of 2013.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2013/10/19/review-12-years-a-slave-is-triumphant
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12 Years a Slave – review | Film | The Guardian
Steve McQueen deserves every gong going for his unflinching portrayal of slavery, writes Mark Kermode
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/12/12-years-a-slave-review
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’12 Years a Slave’ Review – Rolling Stone
Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/12-years-a-slave-113891/
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12 Years a Slave Movie Review | Vanity Fair
Graham Fuller on artist-director Steve McQueen’s harrowing adaptation of the beloved memoir.
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/11/chiwetel-ejiofor-12-years-a-slave-review
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12 Years a Slave (2013) - Decent Films
12 Years a Slave made me angry, and grateful, in ways I didn’t always anticipate.
http://decentfilms.com/reviews/12yearsaslave
