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Review of by Christopher Benfey for The New York Review of Books — 20 Aug 2017

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But the best sequences in 12 Years a Slave are not history lessons. They are, instead, visually ambiguous and open-ended, presumably owing something to McQueen's art-school background in Britain. . .

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This review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) was written by and published by The New York Review of Books on 20 Aug 2017.

12 Years a Slave has generally received very positive reviews.

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