Secrets Behind The Making Of 12 Years A Slave - Page 12
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Nneka Samuel
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Louisiana
McQueen said he couldn’t have shot 12 Years anywhere else but Louisiana. It was the only location that he considered because it’s where Solomon Northrup was actually enslaved. And the state’s film incentives helped to keep the budget at $22 million.
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