Check Out Kenya’s Lupita Nyong’o Acting Alongside Brad Pitt in This Hollywood Film

Not so long ago, Chim told you HERE that Kenyan actress and former Music Network face of Africa beauty, Lupita Nyong has been featured in a new Hollywood movie. Well, the trailer of the movie, 12 Years A Slave, is out!

12 YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender) as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) forever alters his life.

The shuga actress who is Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o’s daughter, made her debut in Kenya with her production ‘In My Genes’ and her starring role in Music Television sex education film ‘Shuga’ (2009). This will later followed by her debut role in Hollywood.

Here’s the theatrical trailer for 12 Years A Slave;

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