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