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THIS MOTION PICTURE IS OFFICIALLY AN AFFILIATE OF THE FILMMAKING PARAGONS.
THIS MOTION PICTURE IS OFFICIALLY AN AFFILIATE OF THE FILMMAKING PARAGONS.
Solomon Northup's memoir is an important document on slavery damnation & wantonness, adapted onto silver screen by a team who evidently knows & loves filmmaking. The show is all about a good balance of pain, pantomime, brutality & artistry.
Bass: "The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon… it lies. Is everything right because the law allows it? Suppose they'd pass a law taking away your liberty and making you a slave?"
Edwin Epps: "That ain't a supposable case."
Bass: "Because the law states that your liberties are undeniable? Because society deems it so? Laws change. Social systems crumble. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, it is a plain fact that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike."