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