
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
6.8(6)19911h 55m1
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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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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