12 Years a Slave (2014)

Oscar 2014 Winner for: Best Picture Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay

In pre-Civil War America, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty at the hands of a malevolent slave owner and torn from his family, this film tell his heartbreaking twelve year odyssey.

Support from Michael Fassbender (2014 Oscar nominated for: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture), Lupita Nyong'o (2014 Oscar nominated for: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture) and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Director: Steve McQueen (2014 Oscar Nominated: Best Achievement in Directing)

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