Amistad
Film1997155 min7.0/10 on TMDB
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are moments when it must be taken.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
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
Anna PaquinQueen Isabella
Tomas MilianCalderonExplore the crew
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Producer
- Debbie Allen
- Producer
- Colin Wilson
- Producer
- Steven Spielberg
- Original Music Composer
- John Williams
- Editor
- Michael Kahn
- Director of Photography
- Janusz Kamiński
- Writer
- David Franzoni