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Amistad (1997)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou
7.3
78%Runtime155 min
Rating15
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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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Amistad, the 1997 historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg, offers a powerful and nuanced exploration of the fight for freedom and justice. With a talented ensemble cast led by Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, and Anthony Hopkins, the film masterfully blends gripping courtroom drama, haunting imagery, and Spielberg's trademark cinematic storytelling to bring this pivotal moment in history to life.
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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841.
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