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In the jails? gentlemen, listen up here just really quick. i need to have you guys come up row by row. its very important that you put your name on both of these rosters. okay? we dont want anybody to be missing from head count, now, do we? i wear civilian clothes, i wear a shirt and a tie, but i am an officer. ill have some inmates who knew who i was on the outside. ive had inmates say, hey, big "g." i have had that happen to me. thats always a lot of fun and its real interesting when i make an...

Within the plantations. solomon was on three different plantations and i always just thought of slavery as one, but it was so interesting to me that the differences on the plantations where there was timber, sugar cane, picking cotton, theyre so huge and affect the nature of what is happening on those plantations affect everything that goes on there. >> and the peties of that come through. you should absolutely go see it. it is out in theatres now. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will be right ba...

Speak to, well, any of that. >> its -- i think the experience of watching the story and experience of reading it and the -- from me it was to talk, its like a gift about the past, the fact the book wasnt well known but it should be really. it was and extraordinary first person narrative of this amazing time. it really -- you really able to see in a very three dimensional way the whole society and realize youre dealing with individuals, with human beings and you can see yourself in that and you c...

Co-workers. one of them found a ship manifest, showing how solomons name had been changed before shipping him to louisiana. after writing the book, he became an abolitionist, speaking out against slavery, and helping slaves find freedom. his family gathers annually for solomon day, when the town pays tribute to his lasting legacy. >> my freedom was never taken away from me. ive had the luxury to have a family thats shown me nothing but love and support. growing up, knowing this story, has just b...

This. thats true. laura from ohio. there is little difference between senators mccain and reid. how many times do republicans have to compromise. until, laura, they win back the presidency and the senate. if you dont have that power your agenda wont get done. period. dr. solomon in texas. the factor provided the best coverage of the government shutdown. i appreciate uh it. my staff and i work hard to make it happen. from illinois, bill, you let carl bernstein walk all over you. i had my say, he ...

This. thats true. laura from ohio. there is little difference between senators mccain and reid. how many times do republicans have to compromise. until, laura, they win back the presidency and the senate. if you dont have that power your agenda wont get done. period. dr. solomon in texas. the factor provided the best coverage of the government shutdown. i appreciate uh it. my staff and i work hard to make it happen. from illinois, bill, you let carl bernstein walk all over you. i had my say, he ...

For a long time. our mom came forward and started telling us. >> when you learned of the troubles that your ancestor went through, how did you respond or react to that? >> clearly, he had the life of an entrepreneur. he had skills. he had the american dream, the american family. theres something for blacks other than the negative stereotype. >> solomon endured 12 years of slavery before being rescued. he wrote a memoir about his experiences. it became a popular back in the 1800s. >> this is the ...

Into the family life of solomon, a black man who is freed during slavery, educated and respected among whites and blacks. solomon enjoys raising his family in saratoga, new york, earning a living as a violinist, carpenter and farmer. life gets horribly twisted when he is sold into slavery and shipped to a plantation in louisiana. >> this is a story about incredible journey of a man who survived slavery for 12 years. >> im hoping we moved beyond people thinking, oh, heres another slavery movie. i...

>> i think you could safely say that it contributed to the end of slavery because it did galvanize a lot of popular attention. i think solomons narrative certainly humanized enslavement, brought the dangers and the traumas of enslavement to a wider public and certainly could give in that sense political support and popular support to the politics of the time. >> if you want to survive, do and say as little as possible. >> the film is garnering critical praise for its unflinching portrayal of one...

Dubois saying we know who we are and we know how the world views us and how those things are in violent contradiction and our sanity is incumbent on recognizing the two. solomon is in a world that views him as a slave and calls him a different name while he knows hes not but hes likely to get killed so he must be quiet and hide his intelligence. so hes forced to reconcile the way the world sees him and how he sees himself which is central to being a black-american. this film is bleak and sever i...