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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."

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