Exploring Racial Inequality in '12 Years a Slave'

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Film review of “12 Years a Slave” After watching “12 Years a Slave”, I was so shocked at what the black man experienced. During that years, that kinds of life condition, the movie presents the slave suffered unequal treatment and no one are willing to believe and help him to regain freedom after clarifying his identity. These kinds of sadness and pain are our young people, who living in the relatively equal periods, never experienced. In fact, even though black slave period has passed, however, does similar situation still exist in our life?
The movie was mainly taking about a free black men, who was a carpenter and violinist with his family live in Saratoga Springs, was tricked by two white men to Washington D.C. then he was sold to different …show more content…

In fact, there are several parts within the film is to show Solomon was trying to fight for freedom. At the beginning, when he knew he was sold as slave, the first thing came to his mind is to explain his real situation, he was a free man not a slave. When he worked at Mr. Ford’s manor, since he and Mr. Ford were getting alone with each other, he wanted to explain his identity, but the response was refuse. Until he met a guy whose name is Bass, Solomon and Bass are working to build balconies. Bass was totally hate slavery, so Solomon was asking him to send a letter, although Bass …show more content…

In fact, in the former part of this movie, showing Solomon as a normal free man accidentally become to a slave in one night, his heart was from the surprise at the beginning to resist, and the last desperate mentality. Using little person to reflect during nineteenth century American racism and slavery was very popular. The director did not use a common black slave as the main perspective instead of using a black free man, who was very less during that time, to tell this sadness experience, which makes the movie can more deeply express the pitiful and difficulty of the black man during that period were

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