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 American of mixed race, 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.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Directed by Steve McQueen
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Budget
$20,000,000
Box Office
$187,734,091
Themes
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19th Century, Abolitionist, Cotton, Kidnapping, Physical Abuse, Plantation, Slave Owner, Slavery, Sold Into Slavery, Spiritual/Religious, True Stories, Whip
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12 años de esclavitud
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12 Anos de Escravidão
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12 illik Əsarət
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12 let v řetězech
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12 години в робство
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Esclave pendant douze ans
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دوازده سال بردگی
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それでも夜は明ける
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为奴12年
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被奪走的十二年
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노예 12년
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