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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 20:49, 20 February 2013 (UTC).

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

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... that director Gordon Parks chose to shoot the 1984 television film Solomon Northup's Odyssey in the Deep South where the kidnapped black man Solomon Northup worked in slavery?

Reviewed: The Oranges (film)
Comment: Please let me know if I need to revise the hook.

Created by Erik (talk). Self nom at 15:48, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

New: Check. Length: Good. Policy: Good. Hook: The fact used in the hook needs to be followed immediately in the article with a citation. Abyssal (talk) 19:15, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

I replicated the citation tag to follow the statement. Erik (talk | contribs) 21:06, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

This is basically good to go, but I don't think the hook as phrased makes it clear that Northup had been free and then kidnapped to be forced into slavery as opposed to just being a regular slave. Do you have any ideas on how to polish it? Abyssal (talk) 16:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

How about now? Erik (talk | contribs) 16:18, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

I'd say it's good to go. Abyssal (talk) 16:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)