Amistad

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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  Morgan Freeman

  Theodore Joadson
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  Nigel Hawthorne

  Martin Van Buren
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  Anthony Hopkins

  John Quincy Adams
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  Djimon Hounsou

  Cinque
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  Matthew McConaughey

  Roger Sherman Baldwin
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  David Paymer

  Secretary John Forsyth
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  Pete Postlethwaite

  Holabird
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  Stellan Skarsgård

  Tappan
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  Razaaq Adoti

  Yamba
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  Anna Paquin

  Queen Isabella