Day 17 – Best Movie Adaptation:
I decided to go with Solomon Northup’s 12 Years A Slave. I watched this last summer on the flight to the 
States and it captivated me. Well done film and pretty realistic, however I haven’t yet read the book but will do at some point this year.
“Solomon Northup was a free man kidnapped into slavery in Washington, D.C., in 1841. Shortly after his
escape, he published his memoirs to great acclaim and brought legal action against his abductors, though they were never prosecuted. The details of his life thereafter are unknown, but he is believed to have died in Glen Falls, New York, around 1863.” (Twelve Years A Slave, Penguin Classics Edition)
The movie adaption was directed by Steve McQueen, who is an English film director and producer. The film was released in 2013 and was starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, and revealed Lupita Nyong’o. The film won three of the Academy Awards in 2013, including Best Picture. Steve McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
I have yet to watch this movie – yet! Hope to soon. It was a toss up between Spike Lee’s X or The Color Purple by Alice Walker, directed by Steven Spielberg, but I opted to go with The Color Purple.
I saw The Color Purple and part of X. I really need to watch X fully. However did like watching The Color Purple but preferred the book! There just seemed to be so much more in it.
Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave.
Absolutely!?
Watched this movie a while ago, I really did try to hold back tears but failed miserably, but kept my eyes peeled throughout. Great movie that gives perspective to how it once was and more reason to keeping on moving…forward
Totally agree. There were scenes Wi had trouble watching too.
Haven’t seen this yet, so rare to watch a film at the cinema and the TV always tuned to my sons National Geographic Wild channel! Have so much to catch up on! Maybe I should just read the book.
I’m sure you can’t go wrong with either. The movie made me want to cry.
I am absolutely sure it would make me cry, everything does for me these days!! I just cried reading how Wangari Maathai reacted when she received the telephone call telling her she’d won the Nobel Peace Prize, all the hardship she endured and the achievements she made, at last to have such significant acknowledgement of her contribution, was amazing. I wish someone would make a film about her life.
That sounds fantastic! I can’t even begin to imagine all the emotions….