Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) by Christopher Benfey for The New York Review of Books — 20 Aug 2017
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 Christopher Benfey 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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