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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 ...
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Amistad. In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. 3,918 IMDb 7.3 2 h 34 min 1997. R. Action · Drama · Ambitious · Compelling. This video is currently unavailable.
Parents Need to Know. Parents need to know that Amistad is a 1997 Oscar-nominated Steven Spielberg movie about West Africans on a slave ship who revolt against their captors but still must fight for their freedom in the courtrooms of America. The opening scene, showing the slave revolt on board the Amistad, is very violent, with….
Aug 25, 2012 · This movie is a fictionalized account of the 1839 revolt by illegally enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship, Le Amistad. When the ship was seized on the high seas by a U.S. Navy vessel, abolitionists filed a court case to free the Africans. The trial and subsequent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court highlighted to the public the evils of ...
Dec 10, 1997 · Summary. In the summer of 1839, on a stormy night off the coast of Cuba, 53 Africans held captive in the cramped cargo holds of the Spanish slave ship La Amistad break free of their shackles. Led ...
May 21, 2023 · Even though Amistad is set two decades before the Civil War, tensions around slavery become a talking topic among the common folk. Some perspectives on the movie can even suggest that it was the Amistad trial’s verdict that ushered in the conditions for a civil war. But the situation was different in real life, as the concept of a war between ...
