An unblinking portrait of slavery in '12 Years'

2013/09/11 00:01:22 @Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News

TORONTO (AP) — In Steve McQueen & #039;s & quot;12 Years a Slave, & quot; Solomon Northop, a free man from upstate New York who & #039;s kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hung for daring to strike an abusive and imbecilic plantation hand (Paul Dano). He & #039;s cut down, but only just barely enough to reach the ground. McQueen captures it all in one long, agonizing take, as Northop is left dangling, shuffling excruciatingly on his tiptoes.
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