The importance of this movie, even if you are a free person, indicates that you still need to prove freedom. And the way African Americans have to do this is to provide documents that guarantee the freedom of the individual. In the movie there is a scene where Mr. Northrop's friend came to him personally and showed a document proving that he is not a slave but a free person. A document certifying human freedom is called free certification.
At that time and now, Oscar in 2014 was the turning point of an African-American film, and the movie "Slave of 12 years" won the Oscar of the Best Work Award. In 2013, five African - American films (12 - year slavery, Freitvale Radio, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Best Man Holiday, Mandela: Long Freedom) were released. The release of these movies has a greater impact on the film industry, and African-American film participation has increased by 13% compared to 2012. Some people like Director like Spike Lee and Taylor Perry who are paving the way for other African-American communities that Hollywood put all African-American movies that have become such household names I truly believe that I changed. The two directors have very different ways to portray the African-Americans community, but the popularity of the two directors shows that Hollywood's racial tension has ended It seems.
Recent black movies can be divided into two different categories; movies that focus on historical dramas (like Butler, 12 year slaves, Selma) or structural disadvantages faced by blacks. Although the number of acclaimed black movies is increasing, the type of story that blacks can draw is very limited, so this is disappointing. These numbers may change, but in most cases the movie will not succeed unless the white audience's interests are stimulated in some way. This is part of the economic reality of living in the US - but this is lazy economics. Unless he wins the white man's vote in 2012 (* smile *), Mr Obama can not win this demographic work. However, the only movies of interest to Caucasian viewers seem to belong to these two categories.