12 Years a Slave: The Complete Screenplay

Dive deeper into Steve McQueen’s history-making, Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave with this one-of-a-kind edition of the screenplay—publishing in time for Black History Month.

Often described as the greatest movie on slavery ever made, more than a decade on, it feels more potent than ever. Based on the real-life memoir 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup, director Steve McQueen knew he found his inspiration as soon as he read the book. As the film tells it, in the years before the Civil ...