12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Faced with both her hot tempered fathers fading health and melting ice caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six year old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love