12 Years a Slave (2013)

Biography, Drama, General Film, History

Director: Steve McQueen

Writer(s): John Ridley (screenplay), Solomon Northup (novel)

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt, Ashley Dyke, Kelsey Scott, Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Zeigler, Tony Bentley, Scoot McNairy, Taran Killam, Christopher Berry, Bill Camp, Mister Mackey Jr., Chris ChalkCraig TateAdepero Oduye, Storm Reid, Tom Proctor, Marc Macaulay, Vivian Fleming-Alvarez, Michael Kenneth Williams, Douglas M. Griffin, John McConnell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Richard Holden, Rob Steinberg, Paul Giamatti, Anwan Glover, Benedict Cumberbatch, James C. Victor, Liza J. Bennett, Nicole Collins, J.D. Evermore, Paul Dano, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Dylan, Deneen TylerMustafa Harris, Gregory Bright, Austin Purnell, Thomas Francis Murphy, Andre De’Sean ShanksKelvin Harrison Jr., Scott Michael Jefferson, Alfre Woodard, Isaiah Jackson, Garret Dillahunt, Topsy Chapman, Devin Maurice Evans, Brad Pitt, Jay Huguley, Devyn A. Tyler, Willo Jean-BaptisteDudley Fuqua, Jason Ament, Jon Arthur, Sean Paul Braud, Blake Burt, Carroll Burt, Joseph Randy Causin, Edward J. Clare, JJ Coker, Haylie Creppel, Robert D’Arensbourg, Emily D. Haley, Mark Anthony Hardin, Mark Joyce, John C. Klein, Cynthia LeBlanc, Elton LeBlanc, Gerard ‘Jerry’ Lewis, Allen Gibson Mann, Kevonte Mcdonald, Ritchie Montgomery, Myesha-Tiara, Jason Owen, Shawn Parsons, Haley Powell, Wayne Pére, Terrell Ransom Jr., Erin Rementer, Andre Robinson, Katherine Jeanie Russell, Philip A Scott, Jarett Shorts, Chaz Smith, Tyler Soerries, Tre Tureaud, Justin Christopher Vaughn, Bob Walker, Caroline Grace Williamson, Timothy Wyant, Rosé Belara Young

Synopsis: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Release Date: November 8, 2013 (USA) | Length: 134 min | Genre: Biography, Drama, History | MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality.