---
title: '12 Years a Slave (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steve McQueen'
released: '2013-08-30'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/12-years-a-slave-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 12 Years a Slave (2013)

2013 · 133 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a Black American, who was kidnapped from Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of David Wilson's version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Brad Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-pitt), [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen-2), [Arnon Milchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnon-milchan), [Bill Pohlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pohlad), [Dede Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-gardner), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kleiner), [Anthony Katagas](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-katagas)
- **Director:** [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen-2)
- **Screenplay:** [John Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ridley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sean Bobbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bobbitt)
- **Editor:** [Joe Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-walker)

## Cast

- [Quvenzhané Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/quvenzhane-wallis) as Margaret Northup
- [Alfre Woodard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfre-woodard) as Mistress Harriet Shaw
- [John McConnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcconnell)
- [Chris Chalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-chalk) as Clemens Ray
- [Brad Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-pitt) as Samuel Bass
- [Michael K. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-k-williams) as Robert
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as William Prince Ford
- [Christopher Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-berry) as James H. Birch
- [Douglas M. Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-m-griffin)
- [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti) as Theophilus Freeman
- [Scoot McNairy](https://cinepixo.com/people/scoot-mcnairy) as Merrill Brown
- [Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiwetel-ejiofor) as Solomon Northup
- [Dwight Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-henry) as Uncle Abram
- [Bill Camp](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-camp) as Ebenezer Radburn
- [Ruth Negga](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-negga)

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Official site: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/12yearsaslave/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/12-years-a-slave-2013
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