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3. 12 Years a Slave Movie
12 Years a Slave movie is an American drama movie directed by Steve McQueen. The screenplay was written by John Ridley. It is an adaptation of
narrative memoir entitled Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Notrthup, a free African-American man who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. This
movie involves some famous Hollywood stars, such as Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps, Benedict Cumberbatch as
Mr. Ford, Lupita Nyong‘o as Patsey, Sarah Paulson as Mistress Epps, and Brad Pitt as Samuel Bass. The movie itself was released in 2013 in United States by
Fox Searchlight Pictures. The language that is used is full of swear words. It is often uttered by the masters or White people when they get mad to their slaves
who are Black People. Solomon Northup is a free African-American man working as a violinist,
living with his wife and two children. His happiness becomes his nightmare when one day two men offer him job as a musician. Once they arrive in Washington
D.C, these men conspire to sell him to a slave trader then he is shipped to New Orleans together with others Black people.
A slave trader named Freeman gives Solomon Northup new identity. He is called Platt, a runaway slave from Georgia. He is sold to a plantation owner
named William Ford. There is a tension between Solomon and Ford‘s racist
carpenter named John Tibeats who hates Solomon so much. He tries to abuse him verbally through swearing and often hit him. Eventually, Ford sells Solomon to
another slave owner named Edwin Epps. Solomon Northup attempts to explain PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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named Patsey who often get sexual harassment from Mr. Epps. It is caused Mistress Epps‘ jealousy and hatred. He also gets abusive treatment and scorn
through swearing. His master often says nigger, damn, or bastard to him. Some times later, cotton worm plague attacks Mr. Epps plantation. Being
unable to work on his fields, Mr. Epps leases his slaves included Solomon to Judge Turner. Not long after that, he returns to Mr. Epps and starts working on a
gazebo with a Canadian carpenter named Samuel Bass. Bass does not like the way Mr. Epps treat his slaves. Knowing that, Solomon confesses his true identity to
Bass. He asks for help in sending a letter to Saratoga Springs. Bass agrees to send it. One day, a local sheriff and his friend come to free him. After being enslaved
for 12 years, he gets his freedom and returns to his family.
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