12 Years A Slave - How Steve McQueen Uses Violence

[@alexandriamiles2730]

I felt so bad for Patsy at the end. That was true heart break :'(

[@babyj2865]

nikhil nair she’s talking about the girl that Epps and his wife always abused. Solomon had to leave her behind on that plantation in the same, if not worse situation and he was unable to do anything for her, or anyone else on the plantation

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

I know, Girl. When he left her behind, that was more brutal than when she got beat. And the sad part is, even if he had offered to pay an exorbitant amount of $ to buy her from Epps, he would have refused any amount just to keep her because he was obsessed with her and didn't want anyone else to have her, even if he couldn't have her. Since his wife hated her so much, and hated her husband for loving her so much, I'm surprised Epps' wife didn't sell her off earlier just to spite him. It would have been great if she had sold her off to go with Solomon while Epps wasn't looking so she could've been free of him. But that's just me dreaming . . . we all know the reality of slavery had no happy endings.

[@ceilesmammy]

@nikhil nair plats his slave name is

[@bollejos3756]

Did you know the movie is real and PATSY ESCAPED! we don't know her destiny tho but what we do know is that she was NEVER got CUPTURED AGAIN

[@michaelgove9349]

Yes, McQueen is a master of emotional manipulation.

[@ericday4505]

One of the saddest scenes is Solomon riding away from young Patsey to his freedom, talking about bitter sweet. Great movie, terrible time, terrible people.

[@drewjenkins2318]

American & Liberian slavery are both terrible tragedies. It's wild how slavery was legal until 1972.

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

Yeah that was brutal. But made me think like, Patsy was a real person in real life, "the story is based of a memoir" . Made me wonder what happened to her. And somebody who said something like 'Once a slave in the south only one outcome is certain'. And I'm like "so that's that." it happened.

[@jaredkunish]

Such a brutal movie, filmed with awesome performances. Thanks for shining some light on this important film

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thanks Jared! Glad you enjoyed!

[@sonicstep]

Yes, unlike 1977's Roots, there certainly wasn't much light in it. There were lots of in your face, claustrophobic scenes too.

[@drnapalm7605]

I dont know how they got white people to sign on to act in the movie

[@hangezoe276]

@Sugar Gunz yeah I think I was a great movie still as an African American🇺🇸😊

[@kieranstark7213]

@@JacksMovieReviews 2:08-2:36 This is also how the white men treated women (even white women whom they yelled at them as furiously over-the-top as possible that they were nothing more than man’s property which no matter what time it is, it’s obvious how wrong it is) and all people of colour (not just African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Middle Easterners, Asians, Indians, even their own kind)!!!!!! So fucking scary!!!!!! Too bad people thought it was perfectly acceptable back then! I wonder how many white teenage women back in the day sobbed to see all this mistreatment before they too were sold into slavery by being whipped like that no matter what!

[@robertherlihy917]

This film should be shown in high schools.

[@vingasoline5068]

Robert Herlihy we were learning about slavery in the 1800s and we watched this exact same video. It’s really sad America was like this at one point. Great film, but it’s too upsetting to watch more than once.

[@mr.o1333]

Why the hell do black kids have to continually see themselves depicted as slaves. The books in their history class are already constant reminders. King Mansa Musa should be shown in high schools.

[@jordanfarris2167]

Mr . B You’re probably uneducated.Our African American children should be aware of their history.

[@cameronbleecker9072]

Robert Herlihy we watched it in my high school film class. tears were definitely shed. such a heartbreaking but perfect movie

[@jaajaarogers9101]

Robert Herlihy what for ! I think all talk and movies on slavery need to be banned as it’s not education it’s still abuse for the black race to see and feel less important or unwanted

[@alexfurnas1263]

The scene that I thought really tied the whole movie together was right at the end, when Solomon's shopkeeper friend comes down, threatens Epps with legal action because Solomon is "a free man", and takes him away, with Patty collapsing in the background. He starts the film constantly protesting that he's not a slave, he's a free man, but by the end when this finally gets him out, he's spent so much time among lifelong slaves that the sentiment rings hollow. He's only positioned above the other slaves because of a hypocritical fluke in the system. Everything about the slavery system is shown to be atrocious, and Solomon doesn't have to be kidnapped again to see that the government under which he is "free" remains deeply rotten as long as it upholds such a system. More than anything I think this is what allows the film to resonate with the present day. It's one thing to remind us of the country's ugly history, but another to show the complicity of the "good side" with which Northerners like myself like to associate.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

That's a great point, and one of the most emotional parts of the movie.

[@jqyhlmnp]

Vincent Jones I mean, a lot of Alex’s points are valid, maybe not the best worded but not at all bullshit

[@zGSkism]

You do realize it was showing north south east or west there was slavery

[@zGSkism]

The south was a by all means the main source of slavery but it wasnt the only place it showed without his paper work no matter what place he was in he was a slave before the movement (which btw was Republican because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican) everyone unless they had paper work showing there father was freed which was up to the owner of them previously was a slave and like I said before didnt matter if they were in the noth south east or west that's what the movie is about to show no matter what place you came from everyone still looked at you as property and by the laws in place you could easily be shown as that

[@addlctedtv756]

u cant do this-- but i own him !!! u dont own him i do ! i like him u dont touch him !!!! same like cheating in games.. some ppl want it to be fair.. others need help to become fair.. lovely american politics atm.. °! u guys for real are above the law....

[@racewiththefalcons1]

This is perhaps *the* cinematic masterpiece of our time. No film hits harder, and that's due not only to the reality of the subject matter, but also to McQueen's expert use of craft to squeeze every last drop of emotion from the story. It's one of the best acted, best shot, best written, and best directed films of today or any day. Seeing the film with a theatrical audience was a bone-chilling experience. Nobody looked at their phone one time. Many were crying out loud. Some even shouted at the screen for the violence to stop. The quieter moments existed in a vacuum of sound, where no one so much as even cleared their throat. The film is like a sledgehammer to the soul. It's so emotionally painful and depleting, yet necessary.

[@747fa]

And, I should imagine, some folks watching this movie had specific ideas as to how the evil perpetrators could have been "re-educated" as to the error of their ways.

[@drewjenkins2318]

Agreed ... he needs to make a movie about Liberian slavery as well.

[@markstafford6357]

I couldn't have said it better ! A sledgehammer to the soul !!!

[@djnkosi]

You nailed it! Well put. Such a masterpiece.

[@williamsnyder5616]

Agree. When you watch "12 Years a Slave," "Gone With the Wind" is irrelevant.

[@seraphik]

it's interesting how the sheer savagery of the story contrasted throughout with the strange beauty of the deep south. those slow pans of the bayou: the live oaks dripping with spanish moss, the still and shallow water, the whir of insects and the haze of summer... i could almost feel the heat, smell the soil. what an incredibly visceral film.

[@lauracarrera2119]

after watching this movie for the first time i realized this is the type of film that you should watch many times but wont have the strength to

[@jeza8138]

Amazing analysis, I like that you're focusing more on some of the direction and camerawork rather than just the story and themes now as well. Keep up the great work!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

I'm always looking to improve and thought this was the right direction! Thank you!

[@Chasstful]

This material is pandering.

[@jossamey4098]

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[@xdanielxdt]

Jez Anderson you sound like forest gump and I like it

[@xdanielxdt]

Jack's Movie Reviews you have a gold gifted voice

[@ShogunKilledChuck]

The upward panning shot of Washington is so powerful too because it shows the hideous contradiction of a country with slavery “beneath the surface” (in this shot, literally) of its pristine surface of liberty.

[@Evenpar72]

This is one of the most powerful films I’ve ever watched. It’s right there with Schindler’s list. A must watch for all humanity.

[@shariefburns3823]

No way to sugar coat it. Great movie. Awful occurrence.

[@AngryPrawn]

I didn't find this film particularly difficult to watch throughout its runtime. I'm not generally sensitive to graphic depictions of violence or injustice. But I cried when it ended. Three films have made me cry in my lifetime. Only two have made me cry as an adult, and this is one of them. There is no happy ending - there is no ending at all. Solomon is freed, but he has already lost so much. It's hard to envision a positive outcome for him, and what little we know of his later life seems to suggest that he never recovered from what he experienced while enslaved. Worse still, the conditions that he escapes from continue to exist as an everyday reality for millions of slaves for decades to come. There is no justice, no silver lining - there is only the horrific realisation that the unspeakable suffering that I just witnessed was just a small taste of what actually transpired in real life.

[@queenselah6261]

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[@Bordie3D]

Listen, we should be showing this movie in high-schools. It's the whole reason why we are taught history to begin with. It's so we remember what was wrong with the world and so we won't repeat it. This video highlights the science of its effectiveness to teach how cruel it really was.

[@hunterc8943]

Probably the saddest movie I've ever seen. Requiem for a dream is a close second but I think the realism and broadness of 12 years a slave really hammered it in

[@JacksMovieReviews]

I'm not saying this to sound macho or anything, but there are really only a handful of movies that truly make me cry, this is one of those movies.

[@hunterc8943]

Jack's Movie Reviews well now I can add Logan to the list lmao I'm not even ashamed to admit I cried twice

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Nothing wrong with that! I'm yet to see it, but have heard nothing but great things!

[@titoporres9304]

Hunter C im with you. This movie and the 2006 King Kong movie made me cry

[@kadmii]

that shot panning up to the DC skyline was such a good inclusion. It's like it was saying "the law and the state turns a blind eye to what you're about to see, even as its founding principles disagree with it"

[@saigokun]

This was a great analysis of this movie. With regards to the ending I think he had become too detached and experienced a lot of traumatizing events to become close with his original family again.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

It's truly a heartbreaking story, the ending is one of the hardest scenes to watch.

[@saigokun]

I couldn't agree more with you.

[@JamaicaZ160R1793010A]

@@saigokun A couple of years later, but you're on point. He was in that life for 12 years and that long would do irreversible damage. He wasn't the same again after that.

[@traditionalmagician]

soon as you think it’s okay to replace the word slave with “worker” u wronged the weight it bares.

[@spanz9538]

calm down

[@BradyPostma]

That's how I feel about the term "wage slave." Are you beaten by your bosses or their agents? Can you quit at will, physically and legally? Can you decline sexual advances by your bosses or their agents? If yes, you are not a slave and cheapen the burden of that term by claiming to be. The opponents of Thirteenth Amendment argued that freedom for blacks meant slavery for whites. This, too, is a disturbing misuse of the term. Being accountable to conscience and justice is not slavery, can never be slavery. Having to recognize others' equal' freedom is not an imposition of oppression upon you.

[@otrnam1]

fonk kong no need to calm down. They were slaves not workers. Workers can decide to take the day off a slave can’t. Let’s keep it real here.

[@Isabelle-xp7qb]

@@BradyPostma i think the term yall are looking for is employee

[@BradyPostma]

@@Isabelle-xp7qb If you mean the word others should use instead of "wage slave," then I agree.

[@JEMurl]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thanks for watching!

[@colepatterson5651]

This is an amazing video essay, but can I put that aside for a moment to say that your editing is so understated and yet so well thought out. Masterfully done

[@KazumiShiunsai]

read the book, i have not watched the movie yet, but from what i've seen, they made the violence a little less brutal, probably for the better. It's such a terrible story, a horrible real story that i'm glad they adapted the book really well! It can bring great discussions about this topic and awareness about black communities in our times. After all, this happened not so long ago! Great analysis as always, gonna watch this soon :)

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Much appreciated, it's definitely a movie worth watching at least once, but is a hard watch.

[@drewjenkins2318]

Does the black community talk about Liberian slavery? After all, it was legal until 1972 ... far more recently.

[@CassidyStarke]

Drew Jenkins How often do you talk about apartheid? That was legal in South-Africa until 1994....even more recent.

[@drewjenkins2318]

There was also an ethnic cleansing in Rwanda in 1994 ... they killed a million Suti's within a couple months ... women & children too ... with machetes. There was also 500,000 rape victims. Racism doesn't have to be about skin colour.

[@miguelvaranda7377]

​@@drewjenkins2318 Whataboutism, and American slavery was about skin color you dunce.

[@BadaLogic]

Great synopsis. However, I think that it was not the inanimate object the violin that maintained Solomon's humanity, but rather his hope. The hope that one day he would see freedom again if only he managed to suvive his bondage. If you recall, he destroyed the violin, yet remained himself. The violin was given to him. Humanity can not be given to or taken from another. When man dehumanizes another, he actually does so to his own self, and not to the intended. Humanity, like hope, is a strictly personal affair.

[@Ujuani68]

Millions of women are trafficked as slaves every year to rich Arabs. Some of them die.

[@Sk_-vu6dv]

I think the voilin was symbalism for that itself

[@itsyagyalcharlottexx6933]

It’s amazing what Steve McQueen has made! I found out just the other day in history while I was learning about slaves my teacher told me that Steve McQueen actually went to my school! He’s just amazing ❤️

[@aadityabhattacharya]

this is my favourite Steven Mcqueen film by far and I am not a big fan of his pervious work but his style fit like a glove with thos film

[@JacksMovieReviews]

I think I prefer Shame to this movie, but all 3 of his films are excellent.

[@aadityabhattacharya]

Shame felt little to repetitive and had some pacing issues for me but that train sequence is some fine piece of filmmaking

[@bev9708]

I felt that those pacing issues were deliberate, like the colourlessness of most of the film, as the pacing helps us better perceive the repetitive, unfulfilling, depressing nature of Brandon's existence.

[@aadityabhattacharya]

Bev I get it but for me at least there isn't much under the surface that dude have some issues

[@ghezalA]

This analysis was absolutely brilliant! Fantastic work, Jack.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you!

[@cthulufunk]

McQueen is one of the few filmmakers still using static shots, and he's the best at it.

[@markstafford6357]

I've had this film for three years now and have been unable to watch it all the way through so unbearable do I find it ,as it's so powerful in it's depiction of Inhumanity !!!!

[@queenselah6261]

I pray for AmeriCon

[@montywoodside]

And the absolute most heartbreaking part of this story for me? Nobody know what happened to Patsy since Solomon last saw her...

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

I think somebody said "when a slave in the south, one outcome is certain" She lived a slave until slavery was no more or until she died a slave. It is unbelievably brutal. I had the same thought and question to.

[@rayshaunchase1215]

This scares me.

[@marilynsutherland-hart8315]

Yes..

[@lurkingsoldi2107]

The whole world is fucked man...

[@747fa]

And so it should. Human butchery continues....

[@samfisher2306]

I think I only saw it once. Won't be seeing it again as great as it was. Too much evil.

[@jaajaarogers9101]

RAYSHAUN CHASE imagine what the real Ancestors experienced being lashed having a back that is numb and unhealthy

[@chinqs96]

One of your best videos. I've only seen this film once and I know i didn't appreciate it for what it was. I'm so afraid to watch it again just because I know how tough it is to watch and how angry it will make me.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

That's kind of what happened to me, I saw it a few years ago when it won Best Picture, and not once since then, I wanted to watch it again for this series because I'm such a big fan of Steve McQueen, and it really is a great movie, but it is hard to watch, I was in tears by the end of the movie.

[@thecountofmontecristo2796]

Matt Chin-Quee it is a well made movie. but I too find it hard to watch.

[@747fa]

@@JacksMovieReviews Tears ain't gonna help. And, going by history, this sort of human butchery seems to continue in varying forms.

[@Unique2U05]

As someone from D.C they have tried to slowly erase that slaves were sold here and across the river in Alexandra VA.I'm glad they showed the scene of Washington DC in the background while Solomon was in bandage.

[@kathylyndsey316]

I think MqQueen overlapped the scene of Ford reading from the Bible with Elizas cries (over her sold children, who Ford didn't buy), and again with Tibbs racist song, in order to highlight the hypocrisy of preaching from the Bible (that teaches equality and love for others), yet benefiting and being complicit in anothers suffering. Ford was fully aware and constantly reminded of the corruption of slavery and his lack of virtue as a slave owner. (which internally conflicted him). Ford delegated over seers, and banished Eliza further away from the house. This meant harsher conditions and slaves often died more quickly (as she did), from overwork. Ford distanced himself from his own guilt in an attempt to appease his conscience.

[@monickalynn4365]

This is a FILM you must see-if you haven't yet

[@Ravangers]

one of the greatest movies ive ever seen...

[@valmid5069]

Fun Fact: *Benedict Cumberbatch was also casted in another anti slave movie Amazing Grace as William Pitt*

[@CarloTheGambino]

5:10 - "people watching who could help but they choose not to" This is a spectacular misreading of the hanging scene

[@Richi-zi9qr]

Can you explain why?

[@mommajoe7247]

Richi 15000 It doesn’t even feel like a choice to help or not, if you know what’s good for you you’ll “mind your business”

[@Richi-zi9qr]

Eisthebauman 2003 yeah but they still chose to do that right?

[@GEOMETRICINK]

Richi 15000 ...If they had helped, they would have been severely beaten or brutally killed. That’s no choice my friend.

[@zaryabfarooq4432]

@@GEOMETRICINK There is a choice. Sitting like a duck in front of oppression is the same as doing that injustice. I have no respect for those who sit by idly in front of injustices. And no person would have lynched a white man if they helped the slaves at that time.

[@ronin550]

Although after reading slave accounts... This was actually pretty mild...

[@victorhinojos3050]

If it graphically depicted what really happened during that time i would be banned from most countries for being too graphic.

[@livingwiththis7823]

Heartwrenching. I read the book and nearly cried. Especially the part where patsy gets her kids taken from her.

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

"...people that are capable of helping him, but choose not to." - still relevant in 2023.

[@supercriticality]

In my take of the film, the violin served to represent the music "going out of his life," as something he previously did for pleasure/work being forcibly seized, it is rendered pleasure-less, a la rape.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

That's definitely a big part of it.

[@harmanthenerd5974]

Wow, great analysis! I find it extremely impressive that you put out such good quality content every week. I'd love to see a video on The Master. Anyways, keep up the good work man!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Much appreciated, and I think you're going to be very happy in the next few weeks!

[@joshthrower3903]

Very powerful, very moving, very important, very tragic and also very well made movie. A must watch!!!

[@asziavaldez3891]

One of the few movies that have made me sob grossly

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

This movie will be one of the greatest period. This is what films are about, I felt every scene.

[@djstubbs]

Hans Zimmer killed this score.

[@AgentMcQueen]

Holy crap dude, this channel.... *SUBBED*

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Welcome to the team!

[@slugslovebeer5219]

Probably the best movie I never want to watch again.

[@sodem2810]

That shocking beating with the paddle got me so angry. A very powerful film.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

I remember watching this movie in the cinema and noticing how every woman in the audience cried while the men had to excuse themselves to the lobby because they didn't want us to see them cry. Gentlemen. Crying is not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength and love you have for other people. Never hide it, it will eat away your soul if you do.

[@Wunderlich879]

Teally good breakdown of the film here, guys. Good job! I appreciate it & enjoyed it.

[@st5656]

Hi Jack, if I remember correctly, the scene you mention at 5:39--her eye is bloody from being hit by Epps' wife with the liquor bottle during the dance scene in the house.

[@elidisco]

I don't think so , because this scene was when the men were being brought back from the other plantation where they were working for months or years and the bottle scene happened before they left

[@jaz4985]

nah that happened many scenes ago. and even after she got hit, when she shows up again a few scenes later she had a scar by her eye from it.

[@georgelabe-assimo4365]

The sort of thing that happened in this film is precisely why I think the Civil War was honestly a godsend for this country.

[@tonywords6713]

dude so many walkouts opening night. so many .

[@redrocket630]

Mr. Way pissed off conservatives when he reached freedom

[@subjectdelta7568]

Red Rocket Why? Conservatives voted against slavery.

[@dlilwon]

Matt Lopez at the time your democrats were the conservatives their policies kind of switched over time

[@subjectdelta7568]

Lirrulewon My Democrats? Fuck you mean 😂

[@dannyhuskerjay]

Matt Lopez conservative means contempt on keeping things the way they are. Back then there were conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans . But things are so different now. Lincoln was nothing like today’s Republicans , same with teddy (both were liberal as heck .) nixion was seen as the last liberal republican . Liberal and conservative has sadly become democrat and republican. It use to be both sides but different ways of trying to reach the goal .

[@omokok1877]

I never felt so glad i wasnt born at that time

[@RandyLeftHandy]

God this movie was jarring, and one can only imagine what it's like to have all autonomy stripped from you as well as being forced to work until you're broken.

[@victorhinojos3050]

Sounds like prison to me. And fun fact no other country or nation on earth has incarcerated more of its people than the Land of the 'free' and Home of the brave :)

[@RandyLeftHandy]

@@victorhinojos3050 Uhm, okay.

[@sincityquinn]

I just wish that before people dismiss black people, Native Americans, and Hawaiians as constantly playing the victim they would just listen. The wounds are very much still open. It wasn’t that long ago that this was happening. My dad was raised in a time where segregation was the law. And I’m living in a time where slavery is still legal through the prison system and police brutality is effecting so many Americans not just black people. It’s not as bad as it use to be for most of us but there is still more work to do. We are not done yet.

[@dannyhuskerjay]

Apache Indian here bro . We still have no reservation on our homeland and prisoners of war for 27 years in Florida . I agree bro the pain never goes away. We maybe free. But are we really? I still feel like a prisoner of war as our reservations is states away from our homeland and our warriors who died are buried in a place they were never born . Free 106 years and still a prisoner of war. I hope the great spirit blesses you friend . The pain never goes away .

[@dennishunt1590]

When I read books, see movies and TV programs about slavery and how black are treated the world over. I feel ashamed of being white.

[@joshblair3745]

Dennis Hunt virtue signaller detected.

[@shaynemhopkins]

Dennis Hunt same

[@generalusehundley6283]

You speak truth.

[@JeffdaRev]

So glad I found this channel. Subscribing! Well done.

[@kayfabesss]

Great video. I just started following you a day or two ago and I've really been enjoying your content.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Awesome, glad you've been enjoying!

[@rcarlson787]

AMazing analysis of an amazing film. Please keep them coming!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thanks and will do!

[@FiikusMaximus]

Wow. Definitely a one up in the editing. I loved the transition. Great video as always, I'm just hoping your channel is going to blow up :)

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! Always looking to improve, and glad you see it paying off!

[@mubangachisanga2096]

I simply love coming back to this video.

[@anniel5146]

I saw it once....wont twice...its a good movie...too good...raw

[@dbodooley]

One of the best movies ever made in my opinion. I highly recommend watching this one.

[@pinklady7184]

Who were the first to have abducted him? They must have first befriended him and insinuated into his confidence, before they betrayed him.

[@jtheproducer5170]

JMR comes through with another WIN! Great video Jack friggen love this channel - please keep em coming...

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@lolz-y4d]

That Ford Character seems Suspiciously similar To Doctor Strange

[@hypebeast389]

Bibbitybill 1 he shaved his beard off

[@Caine61]

He reminded me more of Sherlock tbh

[@ashleysmith8402]

Maybe because all these characters are played by bennedect commerbatch.

[@latro8192]

@@ashleysmith8402 No shit, Sherlock.

[@hypebeast389]

Ashley Smith no I’m pretty sure ford was a slave owner and when all of the slaves were free he started learning martial arts and mystical learning which opened his third eye because he had nothing better to do and with his new found powers he decided to join the avengers under the name dr strange

[@pradeepsundaram6381]

What an insightful analysis! Well done Sir.

[@joshuahoward6845]

This movie should be up with Schindler’s List as one of the greatest movies

[@Whatinthefdoyouwant]

Violence is hatred ,hatred leads to more violence snake bites the own snakes tail.

[@autonomous8108]

I haven't seen this movie yet, but just watching this video, I was on the brink of tears. I want to watch it now, but I also don't know if I could handle long scenes of people getting beaten, so

[@Hexilux]

I enjoyed your analysis of this film. I look forward to your upcoming videos.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

I'm looking forward to bringing it to you!

[@ericyoumans2670]

The narrator doesn’t seem to understand that this script is based on a true story

[@xminteee300]

Loving your channel! Great video.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you!

[@stedated]

you can say it was hard to watch this movie, but this is what movie's are all about. emotions & truthfullness. One of good 20th century movies

[@pyroAdapt]

"Showing how out of context, it can mean something completely different than it is supposed to mean".... That's debatable. Most people only say its being "taken out of context" When the words in the bible say something that They wish it didn't. Things that are reprehensible. but will proudly own all the good parts.The bible openly condones slavery and even gives instruction on how to treat a slave. Not to turn this into a religion debate, this video is insanely well done. I just had that one grip.

[@edwardkenway148]

6:12 i guess after dying in Germany in '45 Wardaddy decided to retire to a peaceful life at the Epps Plantation

[@williammccarthy9993]

I live only a 5-minute drive from Samuel Basses childhood home Despite it being abandoned and dilapidated it still stands to this day

[@WallStreetBetsStocks]

Holy shit this movie remove was the most perfectly made short film I’ve ever gazed upon. Wtf. I’m shocked.

[@switzerlandful]

Do some feel unresolved? Do some feel unfullfiled? I feel tired of my life. I feel very tired. Very very tired.

[@switzerlandful]

Maybe more than that too.

[@switzerlandful]

I have felt many dreams. Many dreams.

[@switzerlandful]

So ma ny that don't makes senes to most. I am very confused. Off the coast. On the north of the coast. In peaceful ways. But it never makes any sense in the reasl world.

[@I.AM.JUPITER]

The difference in people exist. People who are self-aware and people who are not, and who refused to see themselves.

[@Lalkennedy-2310]

First I wanted to thak you for this wonderful analysis. I'm doing a research on slavery in America, I watch a lot of slave movie, read a lot of research paper and article. I cried a lot, and i think i better change my topic. This topic is so emotional. But, i need to deal with and try to collect ever detail so that i might be able to change at least one mind. You really help me a lot. Thank you so much

[@switzerlandful]

It's hard to take violence... it is even harder to take it from someone else... it is ever harder to take it from someone else if you do not deserve it... when it is unjust

[@filmtressmu8552]

Loved this. Thank you. I forgotten how long we were privy to the extended scenes marked by violence. I was so affected that I don't yet own a copy of this film which I would normally have been.

[@ssnewp2340]

If you haven't already, watch another one of Steve McQueen's films "Hunger" about the hunger striker Bobby Sands in Northern Ireland. Incredibly hard to watch and a lot of McQueen's trademarks can be found in Hunger too

[@kia2065]

From the first sentence of this video I could tell this is about to be a special one

[@david123451988]

I recently watched this movie again since it first came out. Really enjoyed your analysis.

[@KiuLang]

i wouldn't say it's one of the best movies... i never had the feeling of watching it again cuz it made me depressed and angry the first time. but it is made greatly tho.

[@joperhop]

Apart from the film portrayed William Ford wrong, "there never was a more kind, candid christian man than William Ford", Northups own words on him.

[@JeffManes123]

This was awesome...I can't believe you don't have more subscribers.

[@throwingbacktheapple]

Dude, I love your videos so much. Can't wait for The Prestige. One of my favorite Nolan films.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Much appreciated! I'm excited to share it!

[@tiannah7049]

This was a great video...thank you

[@dejiadeleye5697]

12 years a slave, Schindler’s List, and United 93 are some of the most well done, tragic movies I know.

[@geriannroth449]

Great review

[@IAMBENNYBLANCO.]

One of the best films ever made..... impeccable.

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Proud2be White this was reality fucking dumbass xxx

[@mimiwey9014]

Everyone, especially in the usa, should watch this

[@mreco7896]

We will never forget

[@ahmedagack1557]

Forget what?

[@drewjenkins2318]

Liberia is a country that was founded by freed American slaves in the 1800's. After arriving, the Liberians quickly started forcing native Africans into slavery. Liberian slavery was legal and prevalent for over 100 years ... until 1972. Did you know this ?

[@knoxynyr87]

“We”?

[@mreco7896]

@@knoxynyr87 we the people.

[@carlettagoodrichmann1513]

masterclass writers inspiring and proficient acknowledgements of a journalist journeys. Write on write on write on and declare democracy.

[@myYouTube1travel]

you can also watch the 1984 original version.

[@nkulentuli1626]

“And then we dance!”