Novel Adaptation

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup · 1853 → Film 2013

The Book

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4.2/ 5

1853

The Film

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2013134 min

Faithfulness to source92%

Highly faithful

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In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

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About the Book

The memoir of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.

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About the Film

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

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Genre

Biography

Source Type

Novel

Year Published

1853

Year Released

2013

Director

Steve McQueen

Runtime

134 min

Faithfulness Score

92%Very faithful

Adaptation Type

Feature Film

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