Quote, slavery for me was a subject matter that hadn't been sort of given enough recognition within the narrative of cinema history, end quote. That according to the director Stephen McQueen in a statement, he went on to say, quote, I wanted to address it for the reason, but also because it was a subject which much to do about how we lived. Now, it wasn't just something which was dated, it was something which is living and breathing because you see the evidence of slavery today