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Amistad

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

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • R
  • 2h 35m

Directed by Steven Spielberg

7.0

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7.0 out of 10 from 1,483 votes

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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 and crew

  • Morgan Freeman

    Morgan FreemanTheodore Joadson

  • Nigel Hawthorne

    Nigel HawthorneMartin Van Buren

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Anthony HopkinsJohn Quincy Adams

  • Djimon Hounsou

    Djimon HounsouCinque

  • Matthew McConaughey

    Matthew McConaugheyRoger Sherman Baldwin

  • David Paymer

    David PaymerSecretary John Forsyth

  • Pete Postlethwaite

    Pete PostlethwaiteHolabird

  • Stellan Skarsgård

    Stellan SkarsgårdTappan

  • Razaaq Adoti

    Razaaq AdotiYamba

  • Abu Bakaar FofanahFala

  • Anna Paquin

    Anna PaquinQueen Isabella

  • Tomas Milian

    Tomas MilianCalderon

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Chiwetel EjioforEnsign Covey

  • Derrick N. Ashong

    Derrick N. AshongBuakei

  • Geno Silva

    Geno SilvaRuiz

  • John Ortiz

    John OrtizMontes

  • Ralph Brown

    Ralph BrownLieutenant Gedney

  • Darren E. Burrows

    Darren E. BurrowsLieutenant Meade

Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
David Franzoni
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Janusz Kamiński