British film-maker Steve McQueen has said "a lot of people" did not want his award-winning movie 12 Years A Slave to be made.
McQueen, who has said becoming the first black director to win a best picture Oscar was "of no consequence", said people "want to close their eyes" on certain matters.
His story of a free New Yorker, Solomon Northup, kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South of the United States, also won Oscars for its screenplay and supporting actress Lupita Nyong'o.
In an interview with the FT Weekend Magazine, McQueen said: "A lot of people didn't want the movie made."
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