this is what he said he hopes audiences take away from it. listen. what it really means, what it really, really means to take someone, deny them their freedom, their dignity, to tear them apart from their families, as a father, it s it s a nightmare, and this film does that. now guys, just by the way let me tell you a little something about this movie 12 years of slave. i also saw it this weekend, the true story of a freed black monday, solomon northrop, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1850s. it s his own account of his life for 12 years trying to fight his way back to freedom while surviving on a plantation. this movie sickening, maddening, thoughtful. it s just brilliant. it s still sitting with me. when i was watching the movie on friday night i was sitting in the theater with a lot of other people, black, white, men, women, and there s one point in the movie, a lot of it s hard to watch but one point in the movie