12 Years a Slave

     

12 Years a Slave2013

Director: Steve McQueen
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 134 minutes

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 film about a New York State-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. more »


Bass:
The law says you have the right to hold a n*gger, 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:
Ha!

Bass:
Suppose!

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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