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