Overview - Amistad

Overview

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.

Cast

• Name: Morgan Freeman

  Character: Theodore Joadson

  Popularity: 8.1762

  

• Name: Nigel Hawthorne

  Character: Martin Van Buren

  Popularity: 0.7071

  

• Name: Anthony Hopkins

  Character: John Quincy Adams

  Popularity: 3.2407

  

• Name: Djimon Hounsou

  Character: Cinque

  Popularity: 1.9643

  

• Name: Matthew McConaughey

  Character: Roger Sherman Baldwin

  Popularity: 5.4924

  

• Name: David Paymer

  Character: Secretary John Forsyth

  Popularity: 1.1928

  

• Name: Pete Postlethwaite

  Character: Holabird

  Popularity: 1.3691

  

• Name: Stellan Skarsgård

  Character: Tappan

  Popularity: 2.518