The movie I chose to watch for the film review was 12 years of slave, directed by Steve McQueen. The movie is based off of a real story that depicts the life of an African-American man named Solomon Northup. Solomon was a free black man from upstate New York who made his livings off of playing the violin. Being as good as he is, it must have felt believable to him when two white male strangers presented him with an “opportune” chance to perform in an out of town gig in which high pay was promised. The two white males preceded to convince him and celebrated with a dinner, but it was then where the story took a turn.
Solomon Northup was drugged, duped, and kidnapped into slavery. The moment he wakes up in shackles he was brutally beaten while trying to explain who he is, but it does not result well because his name was changed to Platt on purpose by the perpetrators. As the movie goes on it became clear to Solomon that trying to talk his way out was not going to do anything for him, and that his only true chance of surviving was to comply and face that fact that he was going to be a slave. …show more content…
There were many great people, specifically from the north that supported anti- slavery and protected free blacks and their rights. One man in particular was abolitionist known by the name of Samuel Bass. In the movie Bass questions the slave and plantation owner Brown about the morality of slavery. He also talks about how the conditions the slaves worked under were absolute horrid, being that he was working hand in hand with them as a carpenter he felt it firsthand. It was the first time during the film the viewer felt like someone was really fighting for the slaves and giving them a voice. Brown was growing upset at such talk from Bass, but being that Bass was a free white male nothing could be done to him, and he ultimately was the main reason Solomon was
Solomon Northup was drugged, duped, and kidnapped into slavery. The moment he wakes up in shackles he was brutally beaten while trying to explain who he is, but it does not result well because his name was changed to Platt on purpose by the perpetrators. As the movie goes on it became clear to Solomon that trying to talk his way out was not going to do anything for him, and that his only true chance of surviving was to comply and face that fact that he was going to be a slave. …show more content…
There were many great people, specifically from the north that supported anti- slavery and protected free blacks and their rights. One man in particular was abolitionist known by the name of Samuel Bass. In the movie Bass questions the slave and plantation owner Brown about the morality of slavery. He also talks about how the conditions the slaves worked under were absolute horrid, being that he was working hand in hand with them as a carpenter he felt it firsthand. It was the first time during the film the viewer felt like someone was really fighting for the slaves and giving them a voice. Brown was growing upset at such talk from Bass, but being that Bass was a free white male nothing could be done to him, and he ultimately was the main reason Solomon was