12 Years a Slave
This Fox Searchlight film was a late addition to the New York Film Festival. The movie tells the true story of a free black man from upstate New York, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who's sold into slavery and has to fight for his freedom. The Steve McQueen-directed film also stars Michael Fassbender as a malevolent slave owner and Brad Pitt as a Canadian abolitionist.