12 Years A Slave (2013)

Our two very white hosts discuss a topic that they are absolutely experts in, Steve McQueen's 2013 Best Picture winning film, 12 Years A Slave. The latest entry in our VERY IMPORTANT FILM series. As unflinching and uncomfortable an experience as one may have at the theater, the movie is absolutely designed to make you squirm. Not for its brutality, but for the insidiousness of its story and the mirror it holds up to our world some 170 years later. The more things change, and all that. But is it enough to just show it? And why can't Solomon be half as interesting as literally everyone else around him? Can a good man like Cumberbatch really be a good man in this system? And Patsy. Your worst days are Patsy's best dreams. All that and of course, Brad Pitt, this week on the podcast as we kick off our 'America! F--- Yeah!' series looking back at those films that highlight our true American values. Thanks for listening. Be sure to write us, you don't need to make your own ink out of berries, just send us an email at [email protected] and find us on social media @oscarwatchpod; we'll come for you, I swear. Next week, speaking of white saviors...