Film Review 2-12years a Slave

The reason  the Northern Yankees and Southern Confederates went to war? To carry out Lincoln's policies including the abolition of slavery?.... This film is based on a true story- like 'The Railway Man' and is harrowing. It shows what can be carried out in the name of economics (how to run a plantation on the cheap) and cruelty administered on the basis of the colour of human skin. The film reminds the audience of how easily freedom can disappear.