If you loved Shame, try 12 Years a Slave

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Both films are directed by Steve McQueen, and they both carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Shame, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What 12 Years a Slave is

Louisiana plantation, summer, chains binding wrists. A free man from New York is forced into labor, facing cruelty and unexpected kindness. McQueen grounds this historical drama in harsh reality.

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