12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film. It is based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir of the same name, written by a free African-American man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the mid-nineteenth century. The film was directed by Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, and Benedict Cumberbatch among others.
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