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

The captives receive clean clothes selected for their sex and are prepared for sale.

Scene 69 of 211 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 43 min into a 2:22 film

The story so farBefore scene 69

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.

Scenes 1–29
Solomon lives freely in Saratoga as a husband, father, worker, and musician.
Scenes 30–65
Kidnapped and held under the imposed name Platt, Solomon must preserve his life and identity.
Just before
Scene 66
As Freeman’s cart crosses New Orleans, Solomon sees the scars, brands, shackles, and chain gangs that reveal slavery as an entrenched system.
Scene 67
Freeman leads the newly arrived captives into his crowded, walled pen, where the other enslaved people look on despondently.
Scene 68
Freeman has the enslaved men and women wash and groom themselves while he inspects them.
Scene 69
This scene

69EXT. FREEMAN'S SLAVE PEN - LATER

The slaves are given new clothes. The men are given hat, coat, shirt, pants and shoes. The women frocks of calico and handkerchiefs to bind about their heads.