Film · Drama, TV Movie
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991)
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.
- Director
- Gordon Parks
- Writers
- Solomon Northup, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 21, 1991
Cast
Avery BrooksSolomon Northup- Rhetta GreeneJenny
Mason AdamsFord- Emory BeasleyAlonzo
Kent BroadhurstBass
Lee BryantMrs. Epps- Charles DardenRobert
- Tony DreyspoolSenator Soule
- Anthony EdenfieldNed
Art EvansWalton
J. Don FergusonFreeman- Ralph FlandersCaptain
- Tanzia FranksElizabeth
- Harry GeorgeSheriff
- Ann Pearl GrayKelsey
Janet LeagueEliza- Charles McGheeLuke
- Jay McMillanHarry
Danny NelsonChapin- John D. NorthupSherrill
