"12 Years a Slave" restores historic firsthand account

by PBS NewsHour Narrated by PBS NewsHour

Overview

In depicting American slavery, Hollywood has long left some of the most brutal realities largely unseen. But the filmmakers behind 12 Years a Slave tried not to flinch in showing the full system of human subjugation. Jeffrey Brown talks to screenwriter John Ridley about the challenge of humanizing a dehumanizing institution.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171984724
Publisher:	NewsHour Productions
Publication date:	11/18/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged

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