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Where was 12 Years a Slave filmed?

2014 film, directed by Steve McQueen.

  • New Orleans

The story is set in Louisiana, about 135 miles (216 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Louisiana; New York City
Filmed in
New Orleans
Distance
About 135 miles (216 km) between Louisiana and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 1,167 miles (1,879 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.
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About 12 Years a Slave

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Released
2014
Director
Steve McQueen
Cast
Chiwetel EjioforMichael FassbenderBenedict CumberbatchPaul DanoPaul GiamattiLupita Nyong'oSarah PaulsonBrad PittAlfre WoodardAdepero Oduye
Genre
DramaBiographical
Based on
Twelve Years a Slave
Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture; BAFTA Award for Best Film; Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film and 11 more

Solomon Northup is a free African-American man in 1841, working as a violinist and living with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Slave trader, Theophilus Freeman gives Northup the identity of "Platt," a runaway slave from Georgia, and sells him to plantation owner William Ford.

Northup is left on tiptoes with the noose around his neck for hours before Ford arrives and cuts him down.

Famous lines from 12 Years a Slave

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Yah not any..Birch
  • I say we fight.Robert
  • Resolve this. Produce your papers.Birch
  • Well well well, my boy, how yah feel now?Birch
  • Master Ford, you must know; I am not a slave.Solomon Northup

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