.seo-fallback{max-width:46rem;margin:0 auto;padding:2.5rem 1.25rem 4rem; font:16px/1.6 Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;color:#EDE9F5;background:#0E0A1B} .seo-fallback a{color:#FFCA3A} .seo-fallback h1{font-size:1.75rem;line-height:1.2;margin:.5rem 0 1rem} .seo-fallback h2{font-size:1.05rem;margin:2rem 0 .5rem;color:#9C93B8; text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em} .seo-fallback ul{padding-left:1.1rem;margin:.5rem 0} .seo-fallback li{margin:.3rem 0} .seo-fallback .seo-meta{color:#9C93B8;font-size:.9rem} .seo-fallback .seo-note{margin-top:2.5rem;color:#9C93B8;font-size:.85rem; border-top:1px solid #2A2340;padding-top:1rem}

FilmSkool — a free film school

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Name: 12 Years a Slave
Director: Steve McQueen
Genre: drama film, biographical film
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 8.1

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a Black American, who was kidnapped from Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly…

Directed by Steve McQueen · Shot by Sean Bobbitt · Cut by Joe Walker · Music by Hans Zimmer · 133 min

Behind the scenes

12 Years a Slave 2013 - Behind the Scenes - 12 Years a Slave A Historical Portrait — Cine Extras · 23 min
12 Years a Slave 2013 - Behind the Scenes - 12 Years a Slave A Historical Portrait Part 2 — Cine Extras · 18 min
12 Years a Slave 2013 - Behind the Scenes - The Team — Cine Extras · 8 min
12 Years a Slave (2013) Making of & Behind the Scenes (Part1/2) — FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone · 5 min
12 Years a Slave 2013 - Behind the Scenes - The Score — Cine Extras · 4 min
12 Years a Slave (2013) Making of & Behind the Scenes (Part2/2) — FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone · 5 min
12 Years A Slave: Michael Fassbender On Set Movie Interview | ScreenSlam — ScreenSlam · 3 min
12 YEARS A SLAVE Featurette: "The Cast" — SearchlightPictures · 7 min

Elsewhere

More by Steve McQueen

Hunger — 2008
Shame — 2011
Widows — 2018
Small Axe — 2020
Lovers Rock — 2020
Red, White and Blue — 2020
Education — 2020
Alex Wheatle — 2020
Mangrove — 2020
Occupied City — 2023
Grenfell — 2023
Blitz — 2024

This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.