TY - ADVS AU - McQueen,Steve AU - Ridley,John TI - 12 years a slave AV - PN1997.2 .A18169 2014 U1 - 791.4372 22 KW - African Americans, Fiction films, Drama, Historical films, Biographical films, Drama, Slaves, the racism that fuels slavery, how racism is an instrument for human wickedness, a justification for a slave owner to be unrelenting, cruel, and inhumane KW - lcgft N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2013; Based on the book Twelve years a slave by Solomon Northup; Extras: The team; The score; Sneak peek; 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by David Wilson, about a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The film was later named the 44th greatest film since 2000 in a BBC poll of 177 critics in 2016; Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen ; editor, Joe Walker ; costume designer, Patricia Norris ; music by Hans Zimmer; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Alfre Woodard, Chris Chalk, Taran Killam, Bill Camp; MPAA rating: R, for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality ; Canadian home video rating: 14A UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKHP2XDGcs ER -