SIEGEL: That's actor Chiwetel Ejiofor who plays Northup. Tell no one who I am, that's the way to survive. In 1841, Northup was drugged and then sold into slavery in the South.ĬHIWETEL EJIOFOR: (As Solomon) Days ago, I was with my family in my home. It's the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York. That's the case in the film, "12 Years A Slave." "12 Years A Slave" was actually a famous book, a memoir published in 1853.
While other films focus their lens on other small lives lived in extraordinary circumstances.
Often these people are big historic figures, Jackie Robinson, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana. I'm Robert Siegel and this week, we are subjecting some of the year's biopics, films based on real events and people, to a little truth swatting. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
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