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12 years a slave

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McQueen, Steve [director]

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: eng. Publication details: United States : Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2013.Description: 1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. anamorphic, sd. (opt, Dolby SR, digital, Dolby SRD, DTS), col. : 35 mmOther title:

Twelve years a slave

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DDC classification:

791.4372

LOC classification:

CGF 2215-2222 (viewing print)

Production credits:

Executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; camera, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Hans Zimmer ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen ; costume designer, Patricia Norris ; sound, Kirk Francis ; visual effects supervisor, Dottie Starling.

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender.Summary: "Solomon Northup is a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is a teacher. He is shanghaied by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman. As he toils away for the kindhearted but conflicted plantation owner Mr. Ford, who recognizes that Platt is both educated and an artist, he butts head with Ford's underlings, especially the casually cruel Tibeats. After they have a violent altercation, Ford fears for his slave's life and sells him to Mr. Epps, an alcoholic sadist who owns a cotton plantation. Though Epps reads from the bible to his property, as he frequently refers to his slaves, he is himself not immune to sins of the flesh. He has taken the young Patsey -- his best cotton picker -- as his lover, and this doesn't sit well at all with his severe wife, whose particular hatred for blacks and her jealousy fuels her many degrading actions toward Patsey. Solomon bides his time, attempts to preserve a modicum of self-respect, and waits for the chance to reclaim his rightful name as well as his family"--Allmovie WWW site, viewed August 24, 2016.

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Multimedia

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	Special Collection - Chandra Chari	Central Library	791.4372 TW- (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1 DVD	Available	Gifted by Chandra Chari		301006

Based on the memoirs of Solomon Northup.

Aspect ratio is 2.35:1.

Not viewed.

Sources used: copyright description; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed August 9, 2016; Copyright staff catalog, viewed August 9, 2016; OCLC database, viewed August 9, 2016; Variety WWW site, review date August 30, 2013, viewed August 9, 2016.

Executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; camera, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Hans Zimmer ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen ; costume designer, Patricia Norris ; sound, Kirk Francis ; visual effects supervisor, Dottie Starling.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender.

"Solomon Northup is a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is a teacher. He is shanghaied by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman. As he toils away for the kindhearted but conflicted plantation owner Mr. Ford, who recognizes that Platt is both educated and an artist, he butts head with Ford's underlings, especially the casually cruel Tibeats. After they have a violent altercation, Ford fears for his slave's life and sells him to Mr. Epps, an alcoholic sadist who owns a cotton plantation. Though Epps reads from the bible to his property, as he frequently refers to his slaves, he is himself not immune to sins of the flesh. He has taken the young Patsey -- his best cotton picker -- as his lover, and this doesn't sit well at all with his severe wife, whose particular hatred for blacks and her jealousy fuels her many degrading actions toward Patsey. Solomon bides his time, attempts to preserve a modicum of self-respect, and waits for the chance to reclaim his rightful name as well as his family"--Allmovie WWW site, viewed August 24, 2016.

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