12 Years a Slave

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British-American co-production film historical drama film period drama film

12 Years a Slave is an Academy Award–winning historical drama film based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 19th-century United States.

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12 Years a Slave (2013 film)	3
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12 Years a Slave (screenplay)	1
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instanceOf	British-American co-production ⓘ film ⓘ historical drama film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ
AcademyAward	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
basedOn	12 Years a Slave self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twelve Years a Slave memoir by Solomon Northup ⓘ
character	Edwin Epps ⓘ Patsey ⓘ Solomon Northup ⓘ William Ford ⓘ
cinematographer	Sean Bobbitt ⓘ
composer	Hans Zimmer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Steve McQueen ⓘ
distributor	Searchlight Pictures ⓘ surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures
editor	Joe Walker ⓘ
genre	biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ historical film ⓘ slavery film ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	Chiwetel Ejiofor ⓘ
MPAARating	R ⓘ
portrays	Chiwetel Ejiofor ⓘ surface form: Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey ⓘ Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps ⓘ
premiereDate	2013-08-30 ⓘ
premiereEvent	Telluride Film Festival ⓘ
producer	Anthony Katagas ⓘ Bill Pohlad ⓘ Brad Pitt ⓘ Dede Gardner ⓘ Jeremy Kleiner ⓘ Steve McQueen ⓘ
productionCompany	Plan B Entertainment ⓘ Regency Enterprises ⓘ River Road Entertainment ⓘ
releaseYear	2013 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	134 ⓘ
screenwriter	John Ridley ⓘ
setInLocation	Louisiana ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state)
setInPeriod	19th-century United States ⓘ
starring	Alfre Woodard ⓘ Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ Brad Pitt ⓘ Chiwetel Ejiofor ⓘ Lupita Nyong'o ⓘ Michael Fassbender ⓘ Paul Dano ⓘ Paul Giamatti ⓘ Sarah Paulson ⓘ
subject	kidnapping ⓘ racism ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
theatricalReleaseCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
theatricalReleaseDate	2013-10-18 ⓘ
timeSettingEndYear	1853 ⓘ
timeSettingStartYear	1841 ⓘ
wonAward	BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ

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