Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984)
December 10, 1984Release Date
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984)
December 10, 1984Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Gordon Parks
Director / Music
Solomon Northup
Book
Lou Potter
Teleplay
Samm-Art Williams
Teleplay
Preston L. Holmes
Associate Producer / Production Manager
Yanna Kroyt Brandt
Producer
Shep Morgan
Executive Producer
Hiro Narita
Director of Photography
John Carter
Editor
Reuben Cannon
Casting
Karl Eigsti
Art Direction
Robert J. Franco
Set Decoration
Dorothy Weaver
Costume Design
Chris Brice
Makeup Artist
Tony Marrero
Hairstylist
Rhoda E. Neal
Property Master
John Archangeli
Choreographer
Details.
Release DateDecember 10, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsGeorgia, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. 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. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey was the first film adaptation of Twelve Years a Slave. A second film adaptation, 12 Years a Slave, was released in 2013.