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In 2013, a popular film version of ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a Golden Globes nominee, was directed by Steve McQueen and written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays as Solomon Northup. Much of the photography was taken in the summer of 2012 in the [[New Orleans]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominations-main,0,4163377.story#axzz2nGhs0jcZ|author=Susan King and Rene Lynch|title=Golden Globes nominations: ''12 Years a Slave,'' ''Hustle'' take Oscar lead'|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, a popular film version of ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a Golden Globes nominee, was directed by Steve McQueen and written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays as Solomon Northup. Much of the photography was taken in the summer of 2012 in the [[New Orleans]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominations-main,0,4163377.story#axzz2nGhs0jcZ|author=Susan King and Rene Lynch|title=Golden Globes nominations: ''12 Years a Slave,'' ''Hustle'' take Oscar lead'|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref>

''Twelve Years a Slave'' won the 2013 [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director McQueen thanked Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon’s book." Eakin discovered Northup's narrative when she was twelve years of age and again when in college; in time, she pushed the project to fruition after many years of work.<ref name=oscarwinner>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140304/NEWS01/303040012/Central-Louisiana-historian-Sue-Eakin-s-work-gets-Oscar-mention|author=Jodi Belgard|title=Central Louisiana historian Sue Eakin's work gets Oscar mention"|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/12-years-a-slave-brad-pitt-and-steve-mcqueens-best-picture-oscars-acceptance-speech-in-full-9165040.html|title=''Twelve Years a Slave'' Brad Pitt and Steve MoQueen's Best Picture Oscars Acceptance Speech in Full|publisher=independent.co.uk.|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}</ref>​

''Twelve Years a Slave'' won the 2013 [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director McQueen thanked Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon’s book." Eakin discovered Northup's narrative when she was twelve years of age and again when in college; in time, she pushed the project to fruition after many years of work.<ref name=oscarwinner>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140304/NEWS01/303040012/Central-Louisiana-historian-Sue-Eakin-s-work-gets-Oscar-mention|author=Jodi Belgard|title=Central Louisiana historian Sue Eakin's work gets Oscar mention"|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=March 4, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/12-years-a-slave-brad-pitt-and-steve-mcqueens-best-picture-oscars-acceptance-speech-in-full-9165040.html|title=''Twelve Years a Slave'' Brad Pitt and Steve MoQueen's Best Picture Oscars Acceptance Speech in Full|publisher=independent.co.uk.|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}</ref>​

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==Background==