Amistad.1997.720p.BluRay.x264-HD4U

Amistad.1997.720p.BluRay.x264-HD4U







Title: Amistad (1997)

IMDB Rating: 7.1/10

Genres: Drama , History , Mystery

Actors: Morgan Freeman , Nigel Hawthorne , Anthony Hopkins , Djimon Hounsou , Matthew McConaughey , David Paymer , Pete Postlethwaite , Stellan Skarsgård , Razaaq Adoti , Abu Bakaar Fofanah , Anna Paquin , Tomas Milian , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Derrick N. Ashong , Geno Silva

Runtime: 155

Year: 1997

Plot:

Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba| taken on

board| and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S.| Cinque| who was a tribal leader in Africa| leads a mutiny and takes

over the ship. They continue to sail| hoping to find help when they land. Instead| when they reach the United States| they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They

don't speak a word of English| and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case| arguing

that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court| where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and

eloquent plea for their release.