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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Disrupting the courtroom proceedings, Cinque (
Djimon Hounsou) stands up to chant for freedom, over and over again he proclaims, "
Give us free."
FILM DESCRIPTION:
This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in
African-American history recounts the trial that followed the 1839 rebellion aboard the
Spanish slave ship Amistad and captures the complex political maneuverings set in motion by the event. Filmed in
New England and
Puerto Rico, the 152-minute drama opens with a pre-credit sequence showing Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) and the other Africans in a violent takeover of the Amistad.
Captured, they are imprisoned in New England where former slave
Theodore Joadson (
Morgan Freeman), viewing the rebels as "freedom fighters," approaches property lawyer
Baldwin (
Matthew McConaughey), who attempts to prove the Africans were "stolen goods" because they were kidnapped.
Running for re-election,
President Martin Van Buren (
Nigel Hawthorne) overturns the lower court's decision in favor of the Africans. Former President
John Quincy Adams (
Anthony Hopkins) is reluctant to become involved, but when the case moves on to the
Supreme Court,
Adams stirs emotions with a powerful defense. The storyline occasionally cuts away to
Spain where the young
Queen Isabella (
Anna Paquin) plays with dolls; she later debated the Amistad case with seven
U.S. presidents. The character portrayed by Morgan Freeman is a fictional composite of several historical figures. For authentic speech, the Africans speak the
Mende language, subtitled during some scenes but not others.
CREDITS:
TM & © Dreamworks (
1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Djimon Hounsou
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Producers:
Debbie Allen,
Bob Cooper,
Bonnie Curtis,
Paul Deason,
Laurie MacDonald,
Walter F. Parkes,
Tim Shriver, Steven Spielberg,
Colin Wilson
Screenwriter:
David Franzoni
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- published: 27 Oct 2011
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