These stories; be they about slavery, child abuse, murder, war & or any other un-pleasantries, needs to be told for the public to debate them.

e.g. Related to the recent (post 2000) wars in the middle eastern region, there have been made a number of movies & documentaries, depicting very closely the brutal realities of the soldiers fighting there, and how some of them come home, mentally shattered, and unable to return to a normal life again These movies have had a great role to play, in the way we think of post war-trauma.

That aside; it feels like "12 years a Slave" wants to be a movie that in the same way creates debate, by depicting the horrible realities as it were for the slaves in the mid 1800's it's just 20 years late for that

This is not a new nor relevant topic, and considering there have already been so many movies related to this, it's not even that interesting any more.

With this in mind, "12 years a slave" is a simple piece of entertainment: and unfortunately a very slow paced, not especially touching or dramatic, and for most parts forgettable piece of entertainment.

I have to acknowledge though, a well performing cast and good cinematics!

A decent film... but i do not believe i will be watching it Again.