"There are so many aspects that often don't [appear in ] depictions of people in those oppressive circumstances. "12 Years a Slave," for example-one thing I missed in that film was some sense of joy, some sense of pleasure, some sense of humanity."
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2014 interview in Conversations with Angela Davis Edited by Sharon Lynette Jones (2021)
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12 Years a Slave (film)
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 film about Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was kidnapped in [[w:Slavery in the District of Columbia|Washin
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