Amistad
1997 · ★ 7 · Dir. Steven Spielberg
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.
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.
- Released
- 1997-12-10
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $36M
- Box office
- $44.2M
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Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou
Cinque
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
Anna Paquin
Queen Isabella
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird
Stellan Skarsgård
Tappan
Tomas Milian
Calderon
John Ortiz
Montes
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ensign Covey
