TORONTO â€" The red carpet was rolled out for the period drama “12 Years a Slave†here, with several cast members attending a gala screening on Friday. They included the star of the pre-Civil War drama, Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays a free New Yorker who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South, and Brad Pitt, who also served as a producer of the movie. In this video from the Toronto International Film Festival, Mr. Pitt spoke about working with the British director Steve McQueen to make a film about American slavery.
