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12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a Black American, who was kidnapped from Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly…
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12 años de Esclavitud Greetings, friends of Cinetv, when I saw this film, I thought, although slavery was abolished by law, both in the United States and around the world, today there are various forms of subjugation and super-exploitation of workers in this system. From immigrants around the world who are stripped of their documents and forced to work in the textile industry, rural laborers in sugar mills and agric…More
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Cover created in Canva. Source of images Portada creada en Canva. Fuente de las imágenes Happy New Year to everyone in the community, I hope all your goals are met in this 2025. > Feliz año a todos en la comunidad, espero que todas sus metas se les cumpen en este 2025. My first post of the year is about a movie I saw yesterday, which is why today I'm sharing my impressions with you. The movie is 12 Years a Slave , a…More
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# The Age of Slavery Times have changed, the world has changed, although in some parts, not entirely, this growing ideology, this thinking, this rejection, mistreatment and racism, still remains, whether you are black or white, rich or poor, or of another nationality, this discrimination still holds, as the years go by. >Los tiempos han cambiado, el mundo ha cambiado, aunque en algunas partes, no del todo, esta crec…More
Image This is a shocking film, which shows the barbarity of racism and of a society that, although many years have passed since the fact narrated, maintains the mentality of the supremacy of the white race. On this basis of exclusion and hatred, the nation that today is the world's leading power has risen and films on the subject have flooded theaters around the world for years, however, beyond some recogniti…More
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The film tells the true story of black fiddler Solomon Northup, in liberal New York State, who went from being a free citizen to being sold as a commodity in the slave-owning South of 1841. 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 film directed by Steve McQueen (actually Steven Rodney McQueen, not to be confused with his famous namesake who died in 1980), British filmmaker, photographer and sculptor. Actually his career as a film…More
Another spoiler-free movie review brought to you by me. I know this review was quite long but you know, it's sort of that effect that this movie in particular had on me that kind of made me a bit down and not too energetic. Nonetheless, it was really thought-provoking. Also, I can't thank Tony Whatley II a.k.a. The Black Critic Guy enough for inspiring me to watch this film as I have heard many extraordinary things…More
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