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Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery. [1] The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular ...
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Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery. [1] The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular ...
In this fact-based film, Solomon Northup (Avery Brooks) is a free black man living and working in Maryland during the 1840s. Unexpectedly, a visiting slave owner apprehends Solomon and brings...
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1984 · 1 hr 55 min. TV-14. Drama. Solomon Northup, was black man in the mid 19th century who was born a freeman and worked as a carpenter and part time musician. Approached to play for a group of men, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Based on the autobiography 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup and the first filmed version of his story.
- Gordon Parks
- January 1, 1984
- 114 min
Dec 10, 1984 · Half Slave, Half Free is the reissue title for African-American director Gordon Parks' TV movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey. Based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, the film relates the story of Solomon Northup, a black freedman who, in 1841, was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and sold into slavery.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams, Emory Beasley. This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born freeman who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician.
1984 Directed by Gordon Parks. This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He’s a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them.
