12 Years a Slave (2013), directed by Steve McQueen, screenplay by John Ridley, cinematography by Sean Bobbitt, music by Hans Zimmer, edit by Joe Walker, and featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Brad Pitt.