12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)

Institutions

Steve Mcqueen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)

Hunger, Shame - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)

The Departed - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt

Black Swan, 127 Hours - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Searchlight_Pictures

Divergent, That Awkward Moment - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_One

American Pie, Twilight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Entertainment

$56,671,993 - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twelveyearsaslave.htm

Audience

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/31/_12_years_a_slave_ad_declares_that_it_s_time_to_see_the_movie_why.html

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/14/12-years-a-slave-box-office-performance

15, strong violence, injury detail, sex, nudity and racist terms - http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/12-years-slave-2013

R for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality - http://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/film-info/12-years-a-slave

And the film captures this. And it is very moving, and is very uncomfortable to the point where it is almost unbearable. But you and I just have to sit and watch it. As far as history is concerned, many had to live it. As far as the present is concerned, many still do. And yet despite this evil tale that the film tells, one cannot leave without realizing that in the midst of it, dare I say, the point of it, is that there is a relentless and unfailing beauty in the story being told; in the history being shown. And one that no amount of evil can take away - http://thoughtcatalog.com/kovie-biakolo/2014/03/why-everyone-should-see-12-years-a-slave/

Intense, unflinching, bold in its simplicity and radical in its use of image, sound and staging, 12 Years a Slave in many ways is the defining epic so many have longed for to examine — if not cauterize — America’s primal wound. - http://www.metacritic.com/movie/12-years-a-slave

Genre and Conventions

15  |  134 min  |  Biography, Drama, History - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/

An essential element of historical fiction is a setting located in a temporal past. In this setting, historical fiction frequently portrays the manners and social conditions of the persons or times presented in the story and pays attention to other period details. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction

Solomon Northup's Odyssey, Hunger - http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/12-movies-to-watch-after-youve-seen-12-years-a-slave.php

Representation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Northup

Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/plotsummary

The film tells the horrific true story of free black man Solomon Northup, who was drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1850s America to suffer years of abuse. - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/12-years-slave-true-story-2989533