“12 Years a Slave” Oscar-winning film that rewrote history with a tailwind

"12 Years a Slave" Synopsis

1841, New York. Solomon Northup was a free black man and a musician. He lived a happy life with his wife and children, surrounded by many friends, including white ones. However, one night, Northup is drugged by two men and sold to a slave trader while in a coma. He tried desperately to claim that he was a free black man, but it didn't take long for him to realize that his resistance was futile. He is stripped of his name and dignity as a human being and is bought as a slave by the plantation owner Ford. Still, Northup's ability is recognized at the farm and he is liked by the gentle Ford, but...

Index

• Tailwind from “Django Unchained”
• Who is Solomon Northup?
• The diverse backgrounds of the staff and cast
• What was put into the cruel scene

Tailwind from “Django Unchained”

The Oscar-winning film ``The 12 Years a Slave'' (2013) had a tailwind to win the award from the beginning. Moreover, the tailwind was extremely strong.

An essential part of talking about this work is `` Django Unchained '' (12), which was released the previous year. The story of a rebellious slave who is skilled with guns and takes on an unethical man in order to get his wife back. Quentin Tarantino's film is a macaroni western and blaxploitation film. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture that year and won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

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Also, `` Lincoln '' (12), directed by Steven Spielberg, depicting President Abraham Lincoln. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Daniel Day-Lewis winning the Best Actor award. Because it is a story about Lincoln, it includes episodes related to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Other films include ``Savannah'' (2013/unreleased in Japan), co-starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jim Caviezel, who also appeared in ``The 12 Years a Slave'', and Ashton, who will later appear in `` Moonlight '' (16).・There was also a small boom in black slave films, with films such as ``The Retrieval'' (13/unreleased in Japan) starring Sanders.

Under such circumstances, ``The 12 Years a Slave'' achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Academy Award for Best Picture as a ``black film'' in the sense that both the main character and the director were black, rewriting American film history.

Who is Solomon Northup?