Solomon Northup's Odyssey poster

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

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A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.

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Language
English
  • freedom
  • inhumanity
  • slavery
  • based on true story
  • slave trade
  • fiddler
  • sold into slavery
  • slave labor
  • escape from slavery
  • african american history
  • 1840s
  • american history

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Director

Gordon Parks

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVNRPBS10 Dec 1984
    • PremiereUSA Film Festival24 Mar 1985
  • BelgiumBE

    • TheatricalFlemish Speaking Region21 Sept 1991
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical (limited)14IMS Paulista (Gordon Parks: A América Sou Eu)12 Feb 2026

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Solomon Northup's Odyssey was released on 21 September 1991.

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