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