Sentences with phrase «free black men»

The story of Nat Turner, who led a rebellion of slaves and free black men in 1831, the film stars Nate Parker (who also directed and co-wrote the film), Gabrielle Union and Jackie Earle Haley.

What will happen to them, as free black men, when the war ends, and what will happen to the slaves?

Behind the front lines white and free black men forty - five years and older formed home guards to protect private property and maintain order in New Orleans and surrounding towns and posts.

By the time you've completed watching the staggering, true tale of Solomon Northup — a free black man in the pre-Civil War American North who was kidnapped, taken from his family and sold into slavery for 12 years — you'll be shaken to your very core.

This year's Oscar award for best picture went to «12 Years a Slave,» the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man kidnapped into bondage in the antebellum South.

Synopsis: In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery i...

Who: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt and Paul Giamatti What: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

The film is based on the true life account of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man in New York who was deceived and sold into a life of slavery from 1841 to 1853.

The film follows the true life story of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man in New York, who in 1841 was deceived and sent southward to be sold as a slave.

Ejiofor is Solomon Northrup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery before finally meeting up with a Canadian abolitionist who will change his life.

12 Years A Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man in the North, and a skilled carpenter and fiddler, who was lured to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters in 1841, then kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans.

The film «12 Years a Slave» is based on the true story of a free black man who was kidnapped into slavery in the pre-Civil War American South.

TELLURIDE, Colo. — Many sequences in Steve McQueen's new movie, «12 Years a Slave» — the true story of a free black man kidnapped in 1841 and sold to Southern plantation owners — were emotionally exhausting to film.

«12 Years A Slave «Synopsis: A free black man is captured and sold into slavery in pre-Civil War America.

Based on the 1853 autobiography of a free black man who was sold into slavery in the South, the historical drama has received rave reviews since debuting at the Telluride Film Festival in August.

12 Years a Slave,» about a free black man ripped from his family and sold into more than a decade of bondage, won six awards including Best Film, Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong» o), Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) and Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer).

As a free black man in upstate New York, he was treated with dignity and respect.

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Steve McQueen's visceral, violent story of a free black man kidnapped into servitude in the 19th - century U.S. South was named best picture.

Based on the true story of a free black man who was sold into slavery in the American South, Steve McQueen's «12 Years a Slave» has been greeted with fervent and near - universal praise in Toronto, as well as by assertions that its rapturous reception virtually guarantees a Best Picture win.

12 Years a Slave: Powerful does not begin to describe this Steve McQueen production about a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1800's.

This powerful portrayal of slavery in America depicts the life of Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and solid into slavery.

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).

McQueen descends into this maelstrom to tell the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who was drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery.

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).

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

A free black man in 1840's Saratoga, New York, Solomon is befriended by a pair of gentlemen who quickly turn around and sell him into slavery, a fate that consumes him quickly when he is unable to immediately produce any proof of his freedom.

The film is a shattering experience — for actors and audience — as we are dragged into the abyss of slavery through the documented real life experience of a free black man in upstate NY who was kidnapped from his family in the middle of his life, and enslaved in the south.

12 Years a Slave, based on an incredible true story of a free black man's fight for survival and freedom after he was abducted and sold into slavery, was named Best Film of 2013 by The Nevada Film Critics Society.

The true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from Saratoga, New York who was sold into slavery, is less of a narrative and more of a backdrop.

«12 Years a Slave,» a real - life story about a free black man sold into slavery, has been a top contender for awards since winning at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The story is based on the true life events of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was living...

The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and tells the true story of an educated, free black man living in 1853 New York who was kidnapped and forced into slavery in the south.

Based on the 1853 autobiography of Solomon Northrup, 12 Years a Slave stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the married and educated free black man living in New York who was kidnapped by two men and put into a slave pen where he lived twelve years under forced slavery.

The writer, Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), was a free black man living in New York.

He wrote it after the Civil War, but it's about a guy who was a free black man in New York, and he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans.

Twelve Years a Slave is the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man and resident of New York, who was kidnapped in 1841and sold into slavery.

Starting off in the 1840s United States, Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster, Children of Men) stars as Solomon Northup, a free Black man living as a carpenter and musician in Saratoga, NY, with his wife and two children.

The movie tells the story of Northup, a free black man from New York, born in 1808, who was abducted and sold into slavery in 1841 and then, after 12 years of hopelessness, managed to send word to his friends up North, attaining his freedom once more, in 1853.

It is the story of Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York in 1841.

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.

Dillahunt will portray Armsby, a fellow field hand who works alongside Solomon Northup, a free black man who's brought South against his will and sold into slavery.

The period movie, about a free black man from New York who is abducted and sold into slavery, has landed filmmaker Steve McQueen a nod for Best Director, while Chiwetel Ejiofor is shortlisted for Best Male Lead, and Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong» o will compete in the supporting actor and actress categories, respectively.

Part of the On My Own biography series, this title details the life of Banneker, an eighteenth - century free black man with little formal education, in simple, concise language.

Readers meet Victor, a free black man whose job is to return escaped slaves to their rightful owners.

In Ben H. Winter's Underground Airlines, slavery is still alive and all - too well in modern America, and a free black man must question everything he thought he knew about his country and himself.

M Lamar describes himself as a «Negrogothic, devil - worshipping, free black man in the blues tradition.»

This year's «12 Years a Slave,» his third feature, follows the true story of a free black man who is sold into slavery.

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