12 Years a Slave This Movie is referred to by Comcast Commercial for 88th Academy Awards (Oscars 2016) and Xfinity

A clip of Lupita Nyong'o's acceptance speech from the 2013 Academy Award is shown, for which she won for Best Supporting Actress in the film '12 Years a Slave'.

12 Years a Slave is an historical drama film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film is directed by Steve McQueen and written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. * 12 Years A Slave received nine (9) 2014 Oscar Nominations: "Best Picture" "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Chiwetel Ejiofor) "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Michael Fassbender) "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Lupita Nyong'o) "Costume Design" (Patricia Norris) "Directing" (Steve McQueen) "Film Editing" (Joe Walker) "Production Design" (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker) "Writing - Adapted Screenplay" (John Ridley) *'12 Years A Slave' won a Golden Globe Award (2014) for "Best Motion Picture - Drama". * '12 Years a Slave' received seven (7) 2014 Golden Globe Nominations: "Best Drama" in motion pictures "Best Director" (Steve McQueen) "Best Actor in a Drama" (Chiwetel Ejiofor) "Best Supporting Actress" (Lupita Nyong'o) "Best Supporting Actor" (Michael Fassbender) "Best Screenplay" (John Ridley) "Best Score" (Hans Zimmer)