First Trailer for 12 Years A Slave starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender

The first trailer for 12 Years a Slave was just released; the movie stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northrupp, a free black man trapped into slavery. Michael Fassbender is the vicious slave-owner. Benedict Cumberbatch also plays a slave owner and Brad Pitt who produces, has a role as well. Steve McQueen, the risk-taking director behind the Fassbender starrer, Shame, as well as Hunger helmed the film, said to be a much darker take on the horrors of our history than Django Unchained.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave

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