Northup’s startling story begins when he is lured to Washington, D.C. in 1841 by the promise of a job and is kidnapped and sold into slavery. He’s transported to Louisiana where he’s put to work at hard labor.
Northup is forced to suffer all sorts of indignities as a slave, but he vows to return to the north and his family and once again be free. The story is also about his struggle to retain his dignity.
Pitt plays an abolitionist carpenter from Canada who goes to work on the plantation and learns of Northup’s plight. He works to free Solomon from his cruel owner played by Fassbender.
During his years in slavery, Northup worked on several different plantations. he was able to get word to his family, who petitioned the governor of New York to seek his freedom under an 1840 state law empowering the state to repatriate free African-American New Yorkers who faced Solomon’s fate.
He wrote his book in 1853 after he was freed, and the story helped fan abolitionist fires. Northup also became an abolitionist an helped slaves escape the South as part of the Underground Railroad. He died between 1863 and 1875 Records of his death were lost, but he is still survived by a number of heirs.
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Northup is forced to suffer all sorts of indignities as a slave, but he vows to return to the north and his family and once again be free. The story is also about his struggle to retain his dignity.
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I agree that it will be difficult, but at least because it is a true story, we know there will be redemption in the end. I applaud Brad and the cast for being brave, but also in respecting the source material because it is not an easy subject.
I hope it is awarded and we get to see Brad with an Oscar as he produced it. He is going to have another great year regardless.
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This will be a hard film for me to see. But I want to see it based on the story line and Brad Pitt. I’m sure this film will be GREAT!