Amistad

Based on the true story of the failed mutiny on board the slave ship Amistad in 1839, and the courtroom battle that followed. In the trial that would challenge the very foundation of the American legal system, abolitionist Theodore Joadson, trial lawyer Roger Baldwin and ex-president John Quincy Adams argue for the freedom and civil rights of the captive African slaves.

Rating

R

Release Year

1997

Duration

02:34

Genres

Drama, History

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey