"Amistad"
"Amistad" is a fact based story about the 1839 revolt by Africans on the slave ship Amistad and their trial that follows when they are taken on American soil. It begins with their journey on the high seas and follows the three trials that they are forced to win in order to regain their freedom. The movie shows the attitudes and gray areas in regards to slavery during the time period that the movie takes place. The movie does a good job of showing how slavery had impacted our society and swayed our political opinion.
The movie opens up by showing Cinque, an African slave played by Djimon Hounsou, breaking free from his chains in the galleon and freeing his companions. The freed slaves find weapons and use them to revolt against the ships crew which ended up in the killing of the entire crew except for the captain, Senior Ruiz, and his assistant Montez. After the Africans, led by Cinque, took control of the ship, their goal was to sail back to Africa. Due to......
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