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