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Film / 1991
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Directed by
Gordon Parks
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.
The story
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 BrooksSolomon Northup
Rhetta GreeneJenny
Mason AdamsFord
Emory BeasleyAlonzo
Kent BroadhurstBass
Lee BryantMrs. Epps
Charles DardenRobert
Tony DreyspoolSenator Soule
Anthony EdenfieldNed
Art EvansWalton
J. Don FergusonFreeman
Ralph FlandersCaptain
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Tanzia FranksElizabeth
Harry GeorgeSheriff
Ann Pearl GrayKelsey
Janet LeagueEliza
Charles McGheeLuke
Jay McMillanHarry
Danny NelsonChapin
John D. NorthupSherrill
Ralph PaceBirch
Petronia PaleyAnne Northup
Randal PatrickSailor
J.C. QuinnTibeats
John SaxonEpps
Gerhard SchwisowManning
Joe SenecaNoah
Michael TolanHenry Northup
Willie WoodsShad
David Keith AndersonAlonzo (uncredited)
Don DevendorfPlantation Owner (uncredited)
Robert OliveriBoy (uncredited)
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