Critics Review Of The Film 12 Years Of Slavery

Critics review of the film 12 years of slavery

Introduction

12 years of slavery is an American film directed by Steve McQueen.

In 2013 based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup in which he tells the difficult story of how he was kidnapped and sold as a slave two decades before the US Civil War.

During the 12 years that he was deprived of his freedom, he knew cruelty and also kindness at unexpected moments, Solomon fought not only for preserving his life, but also his dignity 

Developing

Solomon was a free man but what he didn’t know was that he would become a slave. Solomon Northup was an excellent violinist and good person, one day he was deceived

by two men by proposing to be presented at Washington C.D as a violinist but what he did not know was that after a night of drinks it would dawned chained and without his freedom to be sold as a slave. 

After that Solomon event was sent to New Orleans, where they put a new name which is Platt . Solomon was beaten and forced to hide his identity and keep Platt’s name, Solomon was bought by a man who owned a plantation (he is his master), Solomon began working on the plantation, the master saw that Solomon was good inHis work and gave his violin as a gift, since for Solomon his violin was precious, in his new life he got a place inside the slaves for his good work and dedication.

Chief carpenter John Tibeats relievedly opposes Northup, and verbally begins to bother him.

Over time the tensions between John and Solomon reach a maximum point and Tibeats try to hit him and Northup defends himself in punishHe prefers to take off a problem and Solomon will have a new master’s new master of Northup was a wild planter although he thought that ‘abuse of slaves was authorized by the Bible’ but before all that Solomon tries to reason with his master Fordtelling him that his reality was that he was a free man to which Ford answers that he could not hear that and ends up answering that he has a debt to pay, with the price of the purchase of Northup in the end Ford says that for himSolomon is a good person but that really would not help him.

The main task of slaves in that planting was to take cotton and what the supervisor always expected was for the slavesCollecting was 500 pounds per day the master flattered her until she raped her wife Sara’s wife felt jealous of Patsey for the reason for her husband’s attention to that slave Patsey was favored to be the onlyFree going to Mrs. Shaw’s house a free black woman owner of a house and her servant who has a long time she told Solomon about the infidelity to EPPS.

In the EPPS plantation he finds a sprout of worm in cotton to which he leads him to make a decision to give them a neighboring plantation during a harvest season until the plague is over is at that time where Northup won aplease asks for the owner of that plantation which was to touch the violin at the wedding of his friend’s anniversary and would pay him a coin. 

When Solomon returns to the EPPS plantation, Northup tries to use his currency in order for his former supervisor Garret to send a letter to his friends in New York the supervisor accepts the proposal and undertakes to deliver the letter and accept theMoney but in the end this ends up betraying Solomon accusing Northup with his master Solomon tries.

The abuse of Patsey worsens until it begins to think about committing suicide and asks Northup to help him in his execution but he denies. Days later EPPS gets away from knowing that Patsey was missing when she returns EPPS. He asks that where she has been to what she replies that she was by soap knowing that the master does not like the soap because of her smell this makes him angry even more andasks Solomon to tie her and hit her. Northup obeys and mistreats the wildly.

While Patsey begins to cure his wounds Solomon begins to work on the construction of a pavilion with a person named Bass this man opposes slavery which makes Northup win his trust and can tell him about his life andThat Solomon has passed decides to ask Bass for help to send a letter to Saratoga Bass knowing that he would be risking his life ends up accepting the proposal.

Meanwhile Northup continues to sow Solomon is called by a policeman who arrives with another man to what he asks about his past life Solomon recognizes the other person was Mr. Parker the merchant who met in Saratoga and falls into account that they come to save himAlthough his master opposes Solomon, he decides to leave after being a slave for 12 years Northup is again free and returns with his family at the end tell Solomon’s inability with the person legally commissioned to process the man responsible for having sold him as a slave and remove himHis freedom as well as the Misteri Seo who has his death.

conclusion

Finally we can say that 12 years of slavery is a very good movie.

Because it shows us one of the darkest periods that humanity has lived and reflecting we can realize that today racism is still a social problem. A phrase from the movie that says ‘I don’t want to survive … I want to live’ makes me reflect because how many of us enjoy freedom and actually survive or live?

It seems that the human being is already used to living in a society in which the skin color, body context, sexual orientation and where they criticize our way of being or thinking.

This film shows us how, a long time ago they mistreated without compassion to a person simply because of the color of his skin and sincerely touched my heart because we are all the same.