Historical Accuracy Of '12 Years A Slave' Already Being Discussed

Further proof this year's awards season is on something akin to performance enhancing drugs? Michael Cieply's piece in the New York Times about the historical accuracy of presumed Best Picture front-runner "12 Years A Slave," a film that doesn't even arrive in theaters for another three weeks. According to Cieply, who spoke with historians and "12 Years A Slave" screenwriter John Ridley for the report, no one goes so far as to doubt the film's story -- which focuses on Solomon Northup, a free Ne...