Amistad

7

United States Of America

Drama History Mystery

155 min

1997

Robert Walsh Daniel von Bargen Rusty Schwimmer Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Frank T. Wells Michael Massee Roy Cooper Jake Weber Victor Rivers George Gerdes Gerald R. Molen Kevin J. O'Connor Austin Pendleton Michael Riley León Singer Castulo Guerra Harry Groener Hawthorne James Ingrid Walters Eric Bruno Borgman Luis Cabrera Tommy Lynch John H. Tobin Harrison Young Derrick N. Ashong Nigel Hawthorne Anthony Hopkins Djimon Hounsou Matthew McConaughey David Paymer Pete Postlethwaite Stellan Skarsgård Razaaq Adoti Anna Paquin Tomas Milian Chiwetel Ejiofor Morgan Freeman Geno Silva John Ortiz Ralph Brown Darren E. Burrows Allan Rich Paul Guilfoyle Peter Firth Xander Berkeley Jeremy Northam Arliss Howard

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.