Tag: Steve McQueen

• 12 Years A Slave

  I was having a bad day. And then I saw 12 Years A Slave and regained some perspective. Director Steve McQueen’s adaptation of Solomon Northup’s incredible memoir was remarkable in its restraint. Though a strange thing to say about a film that has been lauded for depicting the horrors of slavery accurately and harrowingly, it’s not…

  Oct 18, 2013

  # America, film, history, movies, review, Solomon Northup, Steve McQueen, Twelve Years a Slave

• Twelve Years A Slave

  I recently saw the above trailer for Steve McQueen’s upcoming film 12 Years a Slave and immediately got excited to see it on the merits of the trailer, cast, and director alone. But then at the library the following day I happened to see the memoir upon which the film is based and decided to read it.…

  Jul 21, 2013

  # books, film, history, movies, review, slavery, Solomon Northup, Steve McQueen, Twelve Years a Slave