Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: John Ridley (screenplay), Solomon Northup (based on "Twelve Years a Slave" by)
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender
Source: IMDB
Muscle Shoals (2013)
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
Director:Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards
Source: IMDB
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Director: Justin Chadwick
Writer: William Nicholson (screenplay)
Stars: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto
Source: IMDB
