Amistad

Director: Steven Spielberg

Category: Drama

Actors:

Morgan Freeman …. Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne …. Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins …. John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou …. Cinque
Matthew McConaughey …. Baldwin
David Paymer …. Secretary Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite …. Holabird
Stellan Skarsgård …. Tappan
Razaaq Adoti …. Yamba
Abu Bakaar Fofanah …. Fala
Anna Paquin …. Queen Isabella
Tomas Milian …. Calderon
Chiwetel Ejiofor …. Ens. Covey
Derrick N. Ashong …. Buakei
Geno Silva …. Ruiz

Synopsis:

Steven Spielberg directed this story about the 1839 revolt aboard Spanish slave ship La Amistad and the uprising’s tragic aftermath. An African-born slave (Djimon Hounsou) leads a mutiny against his brutal captors. Because the ship is in American waters, a U.S. court must decide the slaves’ fate. In an eloquent courtroom speech, ex-president John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) argues for the Africans’ freedom.