American Playhouse Solomon Northup's Odyssey
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| Movies/Shows | American Playhouse |
| Release date | December 10, 1984 |
| Directors | Gordon Parks |
| Networks | PBS |
| Produc | Yanna Kroyt Brandt |
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| ID | 4055538 |
About American Playhouse Solomon Northup's Odyssey
In this fact-based film, Solomon Northup (Avery Brooks) is a free black man living and working in Maryland during the 1840s. Unexpectedly, a visiting slave owner apprehends Solomon and brings him to the South as a slave. Unable to escape, Northup has no choice but to endure his plight for more than a decade, putting up with his cruel masters Epps (John Saxon) and Ford (Mason Adams) and struggling to maintain his inner strength as his family tries to find and rescue him. … MORE
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