12 Years a Slave · written by John Ridley and Steve McQueen · 2013

Solomon and Anne tuck the children into bed and kiss them good night.

Scene 12 of 211 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 8 min into a 2:22 film

The story so farBefore scene 12

After being kidnapped from New York and sold into slavery, Solomon Northup uses his skills and carefully placed trust to survive and seek a way back to his family.

Scene 1
A butcher carries a sheep from its pen into the slaughter shed; the killing follows in scene 2, while scene 1 establishes the image of captivity.
Just before
Scene 9
The Northups walk through Saratoga as Solomon observes enslaved people accompanying white masters; Jasper sees their family and edges toward the store.
Scene 10
At Parker’s store, Solomon plays a new violin for the children. Jasper asks how he might escape slavery; Solomon can offer only that he watch for an opportunity before Jasper’s master calls him away.
Scene 11
Over dinner, Solomon reads the family a newspaper account of President Harrison’s death; Elizabeth asks him to read it again.
Scene 12
This scene

12INT. NORTHUP HOUSE/CHILDREN'S ROOM - NIGHT

The children are put to bed by both Solomon and Anne. They are tucked in, and each given a kiss good night.