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