电影《为奴十二年》根据所罗门诺瑟普在1853年所著的传记体小说《为奴十二年》改编。电影讲述了男主人公所罗门诺瑟谱是一个生活在纽约靠演奏小提琴为生的黑人,他有两个女儿一个妻子,他生活的很幸福。但是他却被两个白人骗去华盛顿,一觉醒来却成了黑奴,起初他被卖给福特先生,不久又被卖给Epps先生,在种植园里采摘棉花,目睹很多黑奴的悲惨遭遇,终在12年后重获自由。 The movie The Slave Twelve Years was adapted from Solomon Noscript’s biographical novel The Twelve Years of Slavery in 1853. The film tells the story of the hero Solomon Roseau, a black man who lives in New York City and plays violin, has two daughters and one wife, and he is very happy. But he was lied to Washington by two whites, woke up to become a slave, and at first he was sold to Mr. Ford and soon sold to Mr. Epps, picking cotton in the plantation, witnessing the tragedy of many Negro slaves , Finally regained its freedom after 12 years.