12 Years A Slave Dominates Award Nominations, But Slavery Still Rampant
The epic 12 Years a Slave won big at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Britain’s version of the Academy awards. The work is based on a book from 1853. But slavery still exists worldwide and the accompanying graphic shows where.
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.