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

Anne and the children leave by carriage for their trip while Solomon waves them off and urges them to travel safely.

Scene 14 of 211 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Solomon
Anne

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Begins 8 min into a 2:22 film

The story so farBefore scene 14

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.
Scene 9
Jasper asks how he might escape, and Solomon says to “watch your opportunities and strike for freedom”; this is a reading of the line as the story’s theme of waiting for a chance to act.
Just before
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
Solomon and Anne tuck the children into bed and kiss them good night.
Scene 13
Solomon and Anne prepare for bed in a quiet routine that shows their settled marriage.
Scene 14
This scene

14EXT. NORTHUP HOUSE - MORNING

We are just outside the Northup house. A CARRIAGE waits with a DRIVER. Anne and the children are dressed for travel as the Driver loads bags into the carriage.

Anne gives her husband a kiss.

SOLOMON

Travel safely.

ANNE

Stay safely.

Anne and the children load up. The Driver chides the horse, and the carriage heads off. Solomon waves a hearty good bye to his wife and children.