Is 12 Years a Slave hard to watch?
Is 12 Years a Slave hard to watch? A lot of people believe 12 Years A Slave is the best film yet made about slavery in the United States. That doesn't make it easy to watch. It also wasn't easy to edit. "Editing is like a massive, 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle," says director Steve McQueen. Why Is 12 Years a Slave R rated? 12 Years A Slave/Rated R For Sex, Nudity, Whippings, Beatings, Kidnapping and Then More Beatings. Moviemakers trot out the subject of American slavery, and the always appalling mistreatment of one group of people by another, approximately every 12...