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