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