Twelve years in hell.

Lina 2022-03-21 09:01:13

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolish slavery and forced labor, except as punishment for crimes. The date of promulgation is: January 31, 1865, and the effective date is: December 6, 1865. Before 1865, when slavery had been abolished in most of the civilized world, most blacks living in the United States were still tortured by cruel slavery, especially in the south of this country, large and small cultivation The owners own a large number of black slaves. As the "private property" of these white farmers, the black slaves are engaged in extremely heavy labor, but they can't get any return for their labor. Not only that, but the cruel punishment is even more important. It will fall on their bodies anytime and anywhere, and being beaten to flesh and blood is commonplace, and it is not uncommon to die from overwork or be executed. What is even more horrible is that in some northern cities, black citizens who are free people in some northern cities continue to be the target of slave traders. Once they were abducted and sold to foreign land to become slaves, that is, they fell into immortal slaves. career.
This film tells the story of a free black man living in New York who accidentally fell into the trap of a slave trader. Once he woke up, he had become a "goods" in the slave market. Years of slave life. The film mainly describes the various ordeals that the male protagonist has encountered during these twelve years, as well as the inhuman life he has witnessed encountered by many black slaves.

The film tells the story of the hero’s 12-year hell-like personal experience more than 100 years ago. The actor has been tossed and re-sold several times during the twelve years, and his master has also been changed and changed again during the period. Layer tried to resist and escape, but the threat of life and cruel punishment made him fear and yield. In the film, the director nakedly reproduced the eye-popping slave trade market and how the tyrannical slave owners used and treated his "private property" through straightforward shots. The black slaves need to bear it, and the masters have everything. In addition to the heavy labor, female slaves had to endure the rape of the male master and the jealousy of the hostess. They were fragile, and their skin was ripped apart from the whipping, which was simply horrible. In the film, the actor who always twists his eyebrows in one place can only watch silently from one side, or can't bear all this until one day............
In the 86th Oscars in 2014, the film won three awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress in one fell swoop. Although "Gravity" was a big hit at the awards that night, I personally think this The story of the film is stronger, and the gold content of the awards is not less than that.
In terms of the cast of the film, although the actor Chevat Egarford is not too famous, the supporting actor Michael Fassbender has enough weight, and several heroes are even more... Benedict Cumberbatch and the superstar Brad Pitt all appeared on the list of soy sauces. This has also become a major attraction of this film.
This is the most serious human rights issue in American history, and the country’s civilization is the most gloomy. It was not until more than ten years after the hero of the story was regained freedom, a constitutional amendment, a tragic war, and this system was created. Has become history.

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12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Edwin Epps: If something rubs you wrongly, I offer you the opportunity to speak on it.

    Bass: [exhales] Well, you ask plainly, so I will tell you plainly. What amused me just then was your concern for my wellbeing in this heat when, quite frankly, the condition of your laborers...

    Edwin Epps: The condition of my laborers?

    Bass: It is horrid.

    Edwin Epps: The hell?

    [chuckles]

    Bass: It's all wrong. All wrong, Mr. Epps.

    Edwin Epps: They ain't hired help. They're my property.

    Bass: You say that with pride.

    Edwin Epps: I say it as fact.

    Bass: If this conversation concerns what is factual and what is not, then it must be said that there is no justice nor righteousness in their slavery. But you do open up an interesting question. What right have you to your niggers, when you come down to the point?

    Edwin Epps: What right?

    Bass: Mmm

    Edwin Epps: I bought 'em. I paid for 'em.

    Bass: Well, of course you did, and the law says you have the right to hold a nigger. But begging the law's pardon, it lies. Suppose they pass a law taking away your liberty, making you a slave. Suppose.

    Edwin Epps: That ain't a supposable case.

    Bass: Laws change, Epps. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, a plain and simple fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.

    Edwin Epps: You comparing me to a nigger, Bass?

    Bass: I'm only asking, in the eyes of God, what is the difference?

    Edwin Epps: You might as well ask what the difference is between a white man and a baboon.

    [chuckles]

    Edwin Epps: I seen one of them critters in Orleans. Know just as much as any nigger I got.

    Bass: Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it. There is an ill, Mr. Epps. A fearful ill resting upon this nation. And there will be a day of reckoning yet.

  • Ford: What is the price for the ones Platt and Eliza?

    Freeman: A thousand for Platt; he is a nigger of talent. Seven hundred for Eliza. My fairest price.

    Ford: You will accept a note?

    Freeman: Always from you, Mr. Ford.