Synopsis
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
Ratings
TMDB6.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Gordon ParksDirector
- Gordon ParksOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Avery BrooksSolomon Northup
- Rhetta GreeneJenny
- Mason AdamsFord
- Emory BeasleyAlonzo
- Kent BroadhurstBass
- Lee BryantMrs. Epps
- Charles DardenRobert
- Tony DreyspoolSenator Soule
- Anthony EdenfieldNed
- Art EvansWalton
- J. Don FergusonFreeman
- Ralph FlandersCaptain
Themes
freedominhumanityslaverybased on true storyslave tradefiddlersold into slaveryslave laborescape from slaveryafrican american history1840samerican history