A man who was tricked into slavery, named Solomon Northup played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. He did a pretty good job at acting, and the lighting for some of the scenes were near perfect for the setting of the film, and some of the camera angles they used for some of the scenes were really good and made the film more smooth. And the person who played Epps was a really good actor really made it seem really, showed how it must've been in the past how slave owners treated their slaves. And the script it worked really well for each character really made the film for interesting to watch even though some scenes were hard to watch. So that is what i think of this film.