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Amistad

Amidst the tumultuous 1839, a group of enslaved Mende people stage a rebellion on a Spanish-owned vessel, sparking a contentious national discourse in the United States as judges struggle to determine their status: should they be viewed as slaves or liberated individuals?

A slave ship named Amistad travels from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839, carrying Africans sold into slavery in Cuba. When the ship reaches the U.S., the Africans, led by Cinque, a former African tribal leader, take control and attempt to sail back to Africa, but are misdirected and imprisoned as runaway slaves. An abolitionist lawyer takes their case to the Supreme Court, arguing that the Africans are free citizens of another country, not slaves.

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Main Cast

Morgan FreemanTheodore Joadson

Nigel HawthorneMartin Van Buren

Anthony HopkinsJohn Quincy Adams

Djimon HounsouCinque

Matthew McConaugheyRoger Sherman Baldwin

David PaymerSecretary John Forsyth

Pete PostlethwaiteHolabird

Stellan SkarsgårdTappan

Razaaq AdotiYamba

Abu Bakaar Fofanah

Abu Bakaar FofanahFala

Anna PaquinQueen Isabella

Tomas MilianCalderon

Chiwetel EjioforEnsign Covey

John OrtizMontes

Ralph BrownLieutenant Gedney

Darren E. BurrowsLieutenant Meade

Allan RichJudge Juttson

Paul GuilfoyleAttorney

Peter FirthCaptain Fitzgerald

Xander BerkeleyHammond

Jeremy NorthamJudge Coglin

Arliss HowardJohn C. Calhoun

Willie Amakye

Willie AmakyeFolowa - Amistad African

Saye Lah

Saye LahKessebe - Amistad African

Austin PendletonProfessor Gibbs

Daniel von BargenWarden Pendleton

Rusty SchwimmerMrs. Pendleton

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.General Espatero

Frank T. WellsCrier

Michael MasseePrison Guard

Roy CooperPickney

Jake WeberMr. Wright

Victor RiversCaptain Ferrar

George GerdesMarshal

Gerald R. MolenMagistrate

Kevin J. O'ConnorMissionary

Robert E. WalshGuardsman

Sean McGuirk

Sean McGuirkCourier

William Young

William YoungBusinessman

Michael RileyBritish Officer

León SingerDon Pablo

Castulo GuerraSpanish Priest

Harry GroenerTecora Captain

Hawthorne JamesCreole Cook

Denver Dowridge

Denver DowridgeKpau - Additional Amistad African

Christopher Annino

Christopher AnninoBlacksmith (uncredited)

Eric Bruno BorgmanFirst Jury Juror (uncredited)

Craig Calman

Craig CalmanAbolitionist (uncredited)

Morgan Hobart

Morgan HobartCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Al ContiDefense Attorney (uncredited)

Creators

Steven SpielbergDirector

David FranzoniWriter

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Amistad (1997) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Amistad (1997) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Info about Amistad

Studio(s): DreamWorks Pictures, HBO Films

Originally Released: United States, Dec 25, 1997

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $65,542,212.00

Budget: $36,000,000.00

Genres:Drama, Biography, History

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