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Local Radio,3 mins
From harrowing history to on-screen entertainment
Kevin Philemon and Primrose GranvilleAvailable for over a year
A new film based on the true story of a black slave's fight for freedom gets its UK release this week. '12 Years a Slave' stars the British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and British-Caribbean director, Steve McQueen. In this extract, the 91¸£ÀûÉç's Kevin Philemon discusses the significance of the genre of slave films with Bristol filmmaker Rob Mitchel…
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