Well - educated and a talented violinist, Solomon is invited to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters who offer him a lucrative job playing at one of their shows. (blog.bullz-eye.com)
The city was governed at one point by circus promoter P.T. Barnum, and is also home to the first Subway restaurant. (valuepenguin.com)
Based on a true story, the plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked into slavery by a pair of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender). (indiewire.com)