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Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (Film tv) Negli Stati Uniti d'America, nel 1984, la PBS realizzò un film tv intitolato Solomon Northup's Odyssey, diretto da Gordon Parks, prodotto da "The Fremantle Corporation" e dalla "Past America Inc.", con Avery Brooks come interprete principale.
In this fact-based film, Solomon Northup (Avery Brooks) is a free black man living and working in Maryland during the 1840s. Unexpectedly, a visiting slave owner apprehends Solomon and brings...
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- Gordon Parks
- Biography
- Avery Brooks
Northup's memoir was adapted and produced as the 1984 television film Solomon Northup's Odyssey and the 2013 feature film 12 Years a Slave. The latter won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, at the 86th Academy Awards.
As the capstone film in Parks’s extraordinary career as a director, Solomon Northup’s Odyssey deserves recognition for offering a bold, nuanced, and historically grounded portrayal of slavery within the constraints of a television production.
Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them.
