“But 12 Years A Slave is a remarkable film because it examines the ways in which slavery coarsened the moral sensibilities not just of the white people who practiced it, but of the black people who were held in bondage.”

– Why 12 Years A Slave is different from The Help and Django Unchained– and why it matters.

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    i love reading the great reviews of this movie however i’m not going to see it. this is the kind of movie that leaves me...
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