12 Years a Slave

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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, a Black American, who was kidnapped from Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of David Wilson's version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon.

Creators

Steve McQueen

director

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John Ridley

writer

Cast

Brad Pitt actor Michael Fassbender actor Paul Giamatti actor Benedict Cumberbatch actor Sarah Paulson actor Chiwetel Ejiofor actor Paul Dano actor Alfre Woodard actor Scoot McNairy actor Garret Dillahunt actor Michael K. Williams actor

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Marc Macaulay actor Bryan Batt actor Taran Killam actor

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John McConnell actor Ruth Negga actor Bill Camp actor Lupita Nyong'o actor Adepero Oduye actor

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Anwan Glover actor