
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
Cast

Avery Brooks
Solomon Northup
Rhetta Greene
Jenny

Mason Adams
Ford
Emory Beasley
Alonzo

Kent Broadhurst
Bass

Lee Bryant
Mrs. Epps
Charles Darden
Robert
Tony Dreyspool
Senator Soule
Anthony Edenfield
Ned

Art Evans
Walton

J. Don Ferguson
Freeman
Ralph Flanders
Captain
Tanzia Franks
Elizabeth
Harry George
Sheriff
Ann Pearl Gray
Kelsey

Janet League
Eliza
Charles McGhee
Luke
Jay McMillan
Harry

Danny Nelson
Chapin
John D. Northup
Sherrill
Ralph Pace
Birch

Petronia Paley
Anne Northup
Randal Patrick
Sailor

J.C. Quinn
Tibeats

John Saxon
Epps
Gerhard Schwisow
Manning

Joe Seneca
Noah

Michael Tolan
Henry Northup
Willie Woods
Shad
David Keith Anderson
Alonzo (uncredited)
Don Devendorf
Plantation Owner (uncredited)

Robert Oliveri
Boy (uncredited)
Crew

Gordon Parks
Director, Original Music Composer
Lou Potter
Teleplay

Samm-Art Williams
Teleplay

Solomon Northup
Book

John Carter
Editor

Hiro Narita
Director of Photography
Shep Morgan
Executive Producer
Yanna Kroyt Brandt
Producer
Preston L. Holmes
Associate Producer, Production Manager
Reuben Cannon
Casting
Dorothy Weaver
Costume Design
Tony Marrero
Hairstylist
Chris Brice
Makeup Artist
Robert J. Franco
Set Decoration
John Archangeli
Choreographer
Rhoda E. Neal
Property Master
Karl Eigsti
Art Direction
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