12 YEARS A SLAVE Trailer Stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender & Alfre Woodard

The powerful, new trailer has arrived for director Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fasbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard.

McQueen and Fassbender worked together on 2011’s SHAME.

Rest assured, 12 YEARS A SLAVE will garnish awards and catapult careers to new heights.

12 YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom.

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity.

In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.

From Fox Searchlight, 12 YEARS A SLAVE opens October 18th.

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