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Amistad

Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are moments when it must be taken.

1997 · R · 2h 35m

Directed by Steven Spielberg

7.0

TMDB audience score
1,483 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

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Cast

  • Morgan Freeman
    Theodore Joadson

  • Nigel Hawthorne
    Martin Van Buren

  • Anthony Hopkins
    John Quincy Adams

  • Djimon Hounsou
    Cinque

  • Matthew McConaughey
    Roger Sherman Baldwin

  • David Paymer
    Secretary John Forsyth

  • Pete Postlethwaite
    Holabird

  • Stellan Skarsgård
    Tappan

  • Razaaq Adoti
    Yamba

  • Abu Bakaar Fofanah
    Fala

  • Anna Paquin
    Queen Isabella

  • Tomas Milian
    Calderon

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Ensign Covey

  • Derrick N. Ashong
    Buakei

  • Geno Silva
    Ruiz

  • John Ortiz
    Montes

  • Ralph Brown
    Lieutenant Gedney

  • Darren E. Burrows
    Lieutenant Meade