Wednesday 5 March 2014

12 years a slave

INTRO: 1841
Solomon Northup, was a free black man in New York he lived with his wife and two kids. He plays the violin really well. Until he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. And Made to work on a Plantation in New Orleans. When he got Shipped to New Orleans he gets renamed Plat. Solomon got beaten rapidly by his owner William Ford. Solomon gets in the good books with William and finds a way to send logs down the river and gets rewarded with a violin. Paul Duno hates Solomon and they start a fight in the end solomon gets many hours in the noose (what ever that is.) Solomon get resold to Edwin Epps. Solomon attempts to reason with Ford saying hes really a freeman but Ford says he has a debt to pay on Solomons purchase price. His new owner makes the pick 200 pounds of cotton each day.

12 years a slave trailer

1 comment:

  1. It's a good intro because after reading it, I understand the plot of this movie. If you ever do another movie intro like this, a good thing to do would be don't give to much away.

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