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