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