It may be hard to look at a cypress tree ever again without recalling the sequence where Northup, having briefly gained the upper hand over a vicious taskmaster (Paul Dano), is strung from a bough and hangs there for the best part of a day, while everyone on Cumberbatch's estate turns a blind eye. Amid moments of compassion, McQueen finds huge failings of solidarity among the slaves, very few of whom have the advantages of education Northup enjoyed. The director isn't importing a retrospective political sensibility into this, except to the degree that his protagonist and chief witness is ahead of his time, sees more, and understands more.

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