Movie
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991)
TV Movie · Drama
Story
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
Director: Gordon Parks Starring: Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams, Emory Beasley
Solomon Northup's Odyssey Cast
- Avery Brooks as Solomon Northup
- Rhetta Greene as Jenny
- Mason Adams as Ford
- Emory Beasley as Alonzo
- Kent Broadhurst as Bass
- Lee Bryant as Mrs. Epps
- Charles Darden as Robert
- Tony Dreyspool as Senator Soule
- Anthony Edenfield as Ned
- Art Evans as Walton
- J. Don Ferguson as Freeman
- Ralph Flanders as Captain