Amistad

Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some 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.

Morgan Freeman

Theodore Joadson

Matthew McConaughey

Roger Sherman Baldwin

Anthony Hopkins

John Quincy Adams

Djimon Hounsou

Cinque

Nigel Hawthorne

Martin Van Buren

Anna Paquin

Queen Isabella

David Paymer

Secretary John Forsyth

Pete Postlethwaite

Holabird

Stellan Skarsgård

Tappan

Tomas Milian

Calderon

John Ortiz

Montes

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Ensign Covey

Ralph Brown

Lieutenant Gedney

Allan Rich

Judge Juttson

Paul Guilfoyle

Attorney

Peter Firth

Captain Fitzgerald

Jeremy Northam

Judge Coglin

Arliss Howard

John C. Calhoun