Loretta Greene as Jenny (credited as Rhetta Green).He was enslaved in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before he was released. Northup was intelligent, skilled in carpentry, and was able to play music. Solomon Northup's Odyssey is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man in Saratoga, New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery (see slavery in the United States). A second film adaptation, the Academy Award for Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen, was released in 2013. Solomon Northup's Odyssey was the first film adaptation of Twelve Years a Slave. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free. The film first aired on PBS on Decemand as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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