Solomon Northup's Odyssey
(1984)Half-Slave, Half-Free
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Based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, this gripping drama tells the true story of Solomon Northup (Avery Brooks), a black man living in Washington, D.C., in the mid-19th century. Northup, born a free man, works as a carpenter and musician. But one day in 1841, he's kidnapped by a Louisiana slave owner and forced into slavery. Northup spends a dozen years enduring harrowing hardships, while his family desperately searches for him.
Starring: Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene
Director: Gordon Parks Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English  Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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