Learn more about the real man whose life inspires the Fox Searchlight film "12 Years a Slave" starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a freeborn African American drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery. Directed by Steve McQueen and opening in limited release October 18, 2013, the movie also stars Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti and Paul Dano.