Last year was supposed to be a banner film for Black filmmakers. Fruitvale Station, The Butler, and 12 Years a Slave were released and their…
What a wonderful nigbt, ’12 Years A Slave,” won the top prize at the 71st Annual Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture- Drama. Steve McQueen’s film. based on the 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, a free man who was kidnapped into slavery. By, Marco Spoon
In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. On January 3, 1853, he regained his…
“12 Years A Slave”, “Fruitvale Station” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” each received a whopping nine nominations from the Black Reel Awards. All three films…
2013 proved to be a windfall for Black male biopics – “Fruitvale Station,” “12 Years A Slave,” and “42″ all proved to be box office…
After being snubbed by last week’s Gotham Awards, “12 Years A Slave” won a whopping six awards from Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)…
The new film “12 Years A Slave,” has a little-known connection to a slave site that still stands near the nation’s capital. The heartfelt story of a free black man lured from his home in New York in 1841 to be sold into slavery. As posted by, BlackAmericaweb.com Read more:http://blackamericaweb.com/181055/film-12-years-a-slave-has-ties-to-dc-area-site/
Two days after seeing “12 Years a Slave,” scenes from the movie still play over and over in my mind. I’m not entirely sure that…
As the latest slave film, ”12 Years A Slave” makes its way to the box office, there’s already a cry of fatigue from some Black…
In 1841, 33-year-old Solomon Northup was a free black man living comfortably in Saratoga, NY with his wife, Anne, and three children – Margaret, Elizabeth…
So many great movies this year first The Butler now this 12 Years A Slave
