Amistad

Synopsis

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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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Morgan Freeman
  as Theodore Joadson
• 
  Nigel Hawthorne
  as Martin Van Buren
• 
  Anthony Hopkins
  as John Quincy Adams
• 
  Djimon Hounsou
  as Cinque
• 
  Matthew McConaughey
  as Roger Sherman Baldwin
• 
  David Paymer
  as Secretary John Forsyth

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