Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) by Robert Levin for amNewYork — 17 Oct 2013
McQueen brings urgency to the subject by depicting it with a documentarian's precision; there's no false hope, only despair, in this portrait of humanity at its worst.
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This review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) was written by Robert Levin and published by amNewYork on 17 Oct 2013.
12 Years a Slave has generally received very positive reviews.
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