Chiwetel Ejiofor says he made 12 Years a Slave for Solomon Northup

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Chiwetel Ejiofor says he made 12 Years a Slave for Solomon Northup
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Chiwetel Ejiofor just opened up on the red carpet about how he's feeling at the Oscars tonight: "I feel like we're representing Solomon Northup […] what we wanted to do was make a film worthy of the subject, worthy of his experience. Those issues are what the film represents, the issues of human respect and human dignity."

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Laura Prudom is a freelance entertainment reporter, formerly of The Huffington Post, whose work has appeared on TV Fanatic, Moviefone, Vulture, and in the pages of Signature LA Direct magazine. A devourer of all things geek, she'll happily bore you with talk of Star Wars, Batman, and the underrated masterpiece that is Flash Gordon.