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Solomon Northup's Odyssey

1991· 1h 55m

TV MovieDrama

Directed by Gordon Parks

6.8/ 10

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Overview

A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.

Cast

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Solomon Northup

Rhetta Greene

Jenny

Mason Adams

Mason Adams

Ford

Emory Beasley

Alonzo

Kent Broadhurst

Kent Broadhurst

Bass

Lee Bryant

Lee Bryant

Mrs. Epps

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