In Review: 161 Years of “Slave”

The compelling hit feature “Twelve Years A Slave”, directed by Steve McQueen(no relation to the late star of “Bullitt”),is a screen adaptation of a book published in the year 1853 by one Solomon Northrup, that must have created a true sensation in its day, but had sadly faded from public discourse since then.

Mr. Northrup, played compellingly in the film by Chitwel Elijofor, is a proud free black man living happily in Saratoga Springs, NY, with a beautiful family and plying a great gig as a professional fiddler. He is waylaid by slavers in Washington, DC, and shipped off to the South in chains incommunicado from all his friends and loved ones. How Solomon Northrup endures and finally overcomes the gross injustices and oppression heaped on him by overseers and masters, and other rough types, is an experience no human being with feeling should miss.

The lush location shots, done mostly in Georgia and New Orleans, only add to the richness of the production and the fine acting performances. “Twelve Years A Slave” is a must-see, and a likely ‘Oscar’ winner for Best Motion picture of 2013.


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