12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. It follows the story of a free black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War United States.
ReleasedOct 18, 2013
Budget$20M
Box Office$187M
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12 Years a Slave
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