Amistad
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are moments when it must be taken.
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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Cast
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
Darren E. Burrows
Lieutenant Meade
Xander Berkeley
Hammond
Harrison Young
Congressman (uncredited)
Tomas Milian
Calderon
Anna Paquin
Queen Isabella
Gerald R. Molen
Magistrate
Ralph Brown
Lieutenant Gedney
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ensign Covey
Stellan Skarsgård
Tappan
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
General Espatero
Kevin J. O'Connor
Missionary
Djimon Hounsou
Cinque
Michael Massee
Prison Guard
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
Frank T. Wells
Crier
Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird
Daniel von Bargen
Warden Pendleton
Victor Rivers
Captain Ferrar
Peter Firth
Captain Fitzgerald
Austin Pendleton
Professor Gibbs
Allan Rich
Judge Juttson
Derrick N. Ashong
Buakei
Castulo Guerra
Spanish Priest
Geno Silva
Ruiz
George Gerdes
Marshal
Jake Weber
Mr. Wright
Roy Cooper
Pickney
Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
Razaaq Adoti
Yamba
Jeremy Northam
Judge Coglin
Michael Riley
British Officer
León Singer
Don Pablo
Ingrid Walters
Woman Overboard with Baby
Luis Cabrera
Spanish Guard (uncredited)
Harry Groener
Tecora Captain
Hawthorne James
Creole Cook
Eric Bruno Borgman
First Jury Juror (uncredited)
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Robert E. Walsh
Guardsman
John H. Tobin
Supreme Court Reporter (uncredited)
Arliss Howard
John C. Calhoun
Rusty Schwimmer
Mrs. Pendleton
Paul Guilfoyle
Attorney
John Ortiz
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