Analysis Of The Movie ' Amistad '

The film Gringos at the Gate is a documentary about the interesting and dynamic relationship between the United States and Mexico. It uses the sport of soccer, futbol, to highlight the patriotism each country has for their respective country. The director also highlights the issue of identity for Mexican Americans. Many are conflicted with the idea of not knowing who they are supposed to (or in some cases allowed to) support. In this class we spoke about how through history Latin America has struggled with identity. As seen in Jake Silverstein’s article, “Grand Opening Ronald McDonald conquers New Spain”, and Gringos at the Gate, the interaction between two countries in Latin America can lead conflict in deciding one’s

The Amistad Case began in April of 1839 when many Africans, including Cinque were captured and taken to the Lomboko Slave Fortress. While in the Lomboko Slave Fortress Cinque and many others were sold and loaded onto the Tecora that was sailing to Cuba. In June 1839, Cinque and the others arrived in Havana, Cuba where they were sold to Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes. This is where they loaded the ship by the name of La Amistad. While out to sea in July Cinque is able to escape his chains and help the others to lead them in an attack on the ship’s crew.

The slaves claimed that they were not slaves that they were born freemen in their country of Africa and were kidnaped and brought on board the Amistad. The slaves were accused of murder which they did not deny. They claimed that the Amistad ship

How could someone possible find it in their conscience to be alright with slavery? Easy, we just have to look at a few main cognitive biases, such as selective perception, the ostrich effect, the choice-supportive bias, the confirmation bias, the bandwagon effect, an availability heuristic, and most of all in this case, the conservatism bias. Not only have we these seven biases affecting the conscientious decisions of the people at this time, but there was also the notion that, since they believed that their captives would have been taking part in “slavery” on their own country anyway, it was alright. The people saw slavery being accepted all around and before them, which drew them into part of this vicious cycle which caused slavery and its subsequent injustices to be accepted for so long.

The film Amistad traces the journey of the Mende Africans of Sierra Leone from abduction to freedom. United States v. The Amistad, while making its way to the Supreme Court, also ascended tensions between abolitionists and slavery advocates. Politicians and judges involved in the case walked on eggshells to come to a just verdict and prevent the outbreak of civil war. This case emphasized slavery as the Achilles heel of the Union internally and externally and the struggles of upholding the rights of mankind when a threat to it is the institution of slavery.

The movie, Amistad, was produced by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on a real story of a slave ship in 1839. More than fifty people from Africa were abducted as slaves; however, one of the African slaves, Cinque, succeeds in taking his chains off, and he and his party kill their enemies on the ship. Nevertheless, while they are trying to go back to their country, they are captured and put on trial in America because of the stratagem of two Spanish crewmen whose lives Cinque and his party spare in order to sail the ship. In the trial, there are arguments such as who is going to get the right of ownership of African slaves among people who claim they have the right of ownership, like the queen of Spain, slave traders, and the captain of Amistad’s Naval Ships. Nevertheless, some people like Theodore Joadson and Roger Sherman Baldwin state that Cinque and other African people may not be slaves and should be released. Because of these emancipationists’ great effort, African slaves eventually gain the right of freedom even though more than half of the nine judges are the slave-owners. There were two reasons that convinced this hostile audience to allow Africans to remain free

In 1839 history was about to be make and chance, a group of 53 Africans kidnapped or sold, lately find themselves on the Amistad arrived at Blanco’s slave. These 54 Africans was kidnapped from their home, they were kidnapped from their family and there was kidnapped from their country. Some of these African was captured because of a debt they own and this was their punished. Now since they were put on the ship, they were stripped naked, they were stripped of the little freedom they had, but most they were stripped from their name. While they were naked, they inspected from head to toe. They had to make sure they spend their money on good items.

The movie the 'Amistad'' and its long-overlooked story of a slave-ship mutiny and trial, the film presents the experience of captivity from one African character. He is the leader of this rebellion, the fierce figure who became known as Cinque. The film is a glimpse of Cinque's wife and child in their peaceful village, and sees him gaze warmly at their backs as they walk away from him forever. Then, with no warning, Cinque is ambushed and captured, destined to be sent halfway around the world. Viewers wishing to avoid waterworks can only be grateful that Mr. Spielberg denies the wife and child a backward glance.

Although, Amistad exemplifies the terrors of the slave trade as it make clear the troublesome nature of the slavery concern in the United States. It discloses the acceptance of slavery by most Northerners as well as the influences of the abolitionist movement. Moreover, the parting of powers in the U.S. Government, the workings of the court system, and the historical figure of John Quincy Adams are all important elements in the story on July 2, 1839, Joseph Cinqué led a slave mutiny on board the Spanish schooner Amistad some 20 miles off northern Cuba. The revolt set off a remarkable series of events and became the basis of a court case that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The civil rights issues involved in the affair made it the most famous case to appear in American courts before the landmark Dred Scott decision of 1857.

In the year July 1839, a slave ship named La Amistad was traveling from Cuba to the U.S. A group of Africans were in chains on the ship because they were sold into slavery in Cuba. A tribal leader, Cinque, lead the Africans to kill the Spanish crew and take control of the ship. The Africans wanted to sail back to Africa so the Spanish survivors volunteered to help them, but instead they planned to steer the shipeto the United States while no African was looking. When La Amistad reached the east coast of United States, the American Navy had stopped the ship to imprisoned 53 Africans as runaway slaves. None of the Africans could speak a word of English, they can only speak Mende. While the Africans goes to the court to battle for their freedom,

This essay is going to be about the movie called Amistad. It is a 10 of December 1997 American film directed by Steven Spielberg which was a very famous Hollywood director, based on a story which happened in 1839 about some Spanish man in a ship called Amistad which had captured many slaves to sell. This history of the movie was made in Connecticut in the coast were a case occurred to save the slaves which had ended up in the united states, it was a hard case, but the case was given to the liberty of the slaves, the case took around four years to be solved.

One can argue that because director, Steven Spielberg is white, the film is not focused the blacks, the slaves heroes fighting for their freedom, instead much of the films time is dedicated and centered on white lawyers, abolitionist, and political figures Americans. The film doesn’t failed to historically portray and left out that the Amistad slaves in reality didn’t have much interactions with whites and they were definitely not present in the court room, Amistad slaves spent their time lock behind bars and exploited by abolitionists (Jones, 1998). Furthermore, scenes that showed Joadson and Cinque visiting John Quincy Adams’s house is entirely fabricated, especially the scene were Cinque is in Adams’ garden recognizes and holds an African violet, nonexistent in Sierra Leone, used by film makers in order to draw the audience and relate to Cinque. On the other hand, the film distorts race, during that time the American public still had strict racial codes, meaning that fictional character Joadson would not be associated with white American abolitionists, presidents and Supreme Court judges. Another factual error, is the rumors and talks of American politicians and society about the upcoming Civil War, which in reality takes place about 20 years after the Amistad

What an eye-opening film by Steven Spielberg! The movie, La Amistad, was based on historical events. Blacks from West Africa were captured and sold into slavery. They were put on a boat called the Tecora and later transferred to the clipper called La Amistad. Spielberg did a beautiful job in accurately recreating the events that lead to the historical court hearings of the imprisoned blacks. The hearings began at the state level. Then it was taken to the Supreme Court. Questions about slavery, equality, and freedom, sprung forth during the Amistad case. Not only was this case a milestone for the abolitionist movement, it also questioned the writings of the Declaration of Independence. Where all men created equal, like the constitution

At the beginning of the movie, a slave ship, Amistad, transporting illegal slaves from Cuba is conquered by the slaves. Cinque, an illegal slave, demands that the Spanish owners take them back to Africa. At a stop to get water, the ship is found by Americans. The slaves are transported to Connecticut and thrown in jail. They are trialed for murder. Abolitionists against slavery in Connecticut

Rain batters on the glistening shoulders of an unidentified man struggling to excavate an unknown object with his bare, bloody fingertips. He finally reaches his goal, pulling out a nail; his face has a brief flash of relief and then turns to determination as he uses the nail to undo his shackles, beginning a journey of unbelievable and saddening proportions. The Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a dramatic story revolved around a group of 54 Africans who revolted against their captors and their journey to seek freedom from the American judicial system and the rest of the world’s parsimonious ideals of ownership. The Amistad represents many