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Amistad (1997)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 155 minutes
Actors
Morgan Freeman | Nigel Hawthorne | Anthony Hopkins | Djimon Hounsou | Matthew McConaughey | David Paymer | Pete Postlethwaite | Stellan Skarsgård | Razaaq Adoti | Abu Bakaar Fofanah | Anna Paquin | Tomás Milián | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Derrick N. Ashong | Geno Silva | John Ortiz | Ralph Brown | Darren E. Burrows | Allan Rich | Paul Guilfoyle | Peter Firth | Xander Berkeley | Jeremy Northam | Arliss Howard | Willie Amakye | Luc Assogba | Mariah Campbell | Habib Conteh | Stephen Conteh | Monguehy Fanzy | Jimmy Fotso | Adekunle Ilori | Sheriff Kargbo | Saye Lah | Sylvestre Massaquoi | Samson Odede | Chike Okpala | Willie Onafesso | Samuel Pieh | Lansana Sawi | Abu Sidique | El Hadj Malik Sow | Lamine Thiam | Austin Pendleton | Daniel von Bargen | Rusty Schwimmer | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Frank T. Wells | Michael Massee | Roy Cooper | Jake Weber | Victor Rivers | Joseph Kosseh | Steve Passewe | Sherly Acosta Williams | Matt Sarles | George Gerdes | Gerald R. Molen | Kevin J. O'Connor | Robert Walsh | Sean McGuirk | Tony Owen | William Young | Michael Riley | León Singer | Castulo Guerra | Harry Groener | Hawthorne James | Ingrid Walters | Harry A. Blackmun | Curtis Shields | Carlos Spivey | Charles Udoma | Andrew L. Josiah | Tony Onafesso | Peter Mansaray | Clarence Mobley | Brian Macon | Edward Appiah | Denver Dowridge | Paul Mwakutuya | Rory Burton | Samuel Orekhio | Omo Lara Tosin | Ransford Thomas | Juliette Darko | Charlean Isata Bangalie | Roosevelt Flenoury | M.S. Kaleiwo | Tesfay Yohannes | George Kamara | Abdul-Fatai Balogun | Yaya Sissoko | Amadou Traore | Marlon Francis | Bundu Kamara | James Moses | Daniel Reid | Seydou Coulibaly | Lawal Tajudeen | Lester Mombelly | Ibrahim Sesay | Jeremy Shelton | Andrew Shoemo | Prince Coke | Ahmed Bangura | Bernard Singleton | Desere Mondon | Baboucar Jobe | Sarathkumar | Susan Bergeron | Eric Bruno Borgman | Luis Cabrera | Craig Calman | KimStacy Carter | Lisa Cavanaugh | Leonard Clifton | Alex Daunis | Nino Del Padre | Johnny Egan | Chris Fagan | Lawrence Gaughan | Morgan Hobart | Nick King | Tommy Lynch | Luis Muñoz | Ungenita Prevost | Glendon Rich | Kevin M. Simon | John H. Tobin | Harrison Young