12 Years a Slave cuts to the base of our humanity: Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has revealed that his latest film 12 Years of Slave is very important to him and that he would allow his son Maddox to watch the R-rated film.During an interview with Ann Curry for TODAY, the 49-year old American actor and film producer confessed that the reason the British-American historical drama film, based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, is special to him is because it cuts to the base of our humanity, Us Magazine reported.The film narrates the true story of Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.

Brad Pitt has revealed that his latest film 12 Years of Slave is very important to him and that he would allow his son Maddox to watch the R-rated film.

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During an interview with Ann Curry for TODAY, the 49-year old American actor and film producer confessed that the reason the British-American historical drama film, based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, is special to him is because it cuts to the base of our humanity, Us Magazine reported.

The film narrates the true story of Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.