Best picture Oscar goes to Steve McQueen’s ”12 Years A Slave”

KIN (AGENCY) 03 March 2014  Steve McQueen’s “12 Years A Slave” won the top prize of the best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards. It’s a film that unflinchingly portrays America’s slave past.

Based on Solomon Northup’s 1853 memoir, it has been hailed for its honest portrayal of one of the darkest chapters in American history, something that has been missing in Hollywood cinema for a long time.