La Amistad

Amistad is a movie depicting the real events concerning the Spanish slave ship, La Amistad, in 1839. The movie starts off with Cinque, one of the slaves, breaking free from his shackles, and leading a revolt on the ship. The slaves kill all the crew except for two people, and demand that they be sailed back to Africa. The Spanish sailors agree, but they deviously sail the ship to America. When the ship reaches the United States, the slaves are put in jail, and are going to be tried in court for murder

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

La Amistad In 1839, Africans being carried from Havana, Cuba, to Puerto Principe, Cuba, revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for 'friendship'). They were stolen from Africa, transported to the Americas, and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt, the Africans demanded to be returned home, but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course, and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island, New York. The schooner was subsequently

“Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free” Cinque passionately repeated over and over during trial. Cinque, leader of the slaves that in 1839 over took “La Amistad” ship transporting Sienna Leon slaves to Cuba. Killing much of the crew, including the Captain of the ship, unable to bring the ship back to Sienna Leon they ended up along the American east coast and they captured by the United States Navy. Due to language barriers, Americans imprisoned the slaves as runaway slaves.

“Amistad” Amistad is a film produced by Steven Spielberg the person who created E.T and Jurassic park. la Amistad is based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court in 1841. The plot was that a Spanish

The movie Amistad is about a group of African slaves who were illegally transported to the United States and the case that decided if they will return to Africa. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ships La Amistad and the Tecora, This events happened in Connecticut, United States, Cuba and Africa. This film started when the slaves guided by Cinqué led a revolt in the slave ship La Amistad. The slaves forced two Spanish crewman to

La Amistad movie is a movie from the year 1997 and it is directed by the famous director, “Steven Spielberg”. This famous director has made a lot famous movies like for example the famous movie of “Jurassic Park” or “E.T”. Amistad is the word for “friendship” in Spanish. In this movie four different languages are spoken. English, Spanish, Portuguese and Mende. Mende is the language that the African slaves speak in. This movie is a little recreation of a true story about slave revolt on a small Spanish

ship La Amistad, a happening that many people must still have in

In 1997 a movie called Amistad depicted the true story of a group of Africans that were taken from their families and forced into slavery. Although the movie was heavily criticized for it's inaccurate tale of the terrible ordeal, it gave the story world-renowned attention. The real story had more drama and tearjerker parts then the movie did. If the movie ever gets remade, hopefully this time it follows the facts exactly. A man named Sengbe Pieh, commonly known in the United States as Jose Cinque

have chosen has many different identifications some may know it as “The Rising Up” some may know it as “The Revolt”. This painting was based on the boat that carried the slaves from one country to the next called the La Amistad. This painting presents the moment in the movie Amistad named after the boat, where the slaves were speaking in creole about how they were going to escape. Once they got the courage, they attacked the shipmates and demand the caption to take them back to Africa. This painting