Amistad

1997 • 154 хвилини

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This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in African-American history recounts the trial that followed the 1839 rebellion aboard the Spanish slave ship Amistad and captures the complex political maneuverings set in motion by the event. Filmed in New England and Puerto Rico the 152-minute drama opens with a pre-credit sequence showing Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) and the other Africans in a violent takeover of the Amistad. Captured they are imprisoned in New England where former slave Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) viewing the rebels as "freedom fighters," approaches property lawyer Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey) who attempts to prove the Africans were "stolen goods" because they were kidnapped. Running for re-election President Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne) overturns the lower court's decision in favor of the Africans. Former President John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) is reluctant to become involved but when the case moves on to the Supreme Court Adams stirs emotions with a powerful defense. The storyline occasionally cuts away to Spain where the young Queen Isabella (Anna Paquin) plays with dolls; she later debated the Amistad case with seven U.S. presidents. The character portrayed by Morgan Freeman is a fictional composite of several historical figures. For authentic speech the Africans speak the Mende language subtitled during some scenes but not others.

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Why every year a new slave movie about black people when we weren't the only one that were enslaved,the Spanish American war USA seized cuba and Puerto Rico,and Indians.Take another look in history.

The is story is about a Spanish slave ship that was taken over by the slaves. They sail to America and the go to court there to determine their freedom or enslavement. The other comments talk about US and its history of slavery, but it's more about Spanish slavery rather than ours. The resolution to the story shows progression in the US and how this event helped shape the future of our country and the world.

It really gets to me at times how could another human mistreat another. To come to another home land, to STEAL!!!!!! the men,women,and children. To strip them of their true identy, and tell them lies.then say that we are amimals is in human, immoral,and cruel ,and what goes around comes around much harder!!!!!