Amistad

Slovenski opis filma:

Poletje 1839, nevihtna noč ob obali Kube. 53 afriških zapornikov na španski ladji Amistad se reši železnih okov in pod vodstvom Cinqueja zavzamejo ladjo. Svobodni imajo pred seboj samo en cilj – vrniti se domov v Afriko. Po dveh mesecih na morju Amistad zajame ameriška ladja. Afričane takoj obtožijo umora in piratstva. Na njihovo stran se postavita bivši ameriški predsednik John Quincy Adams in mladi odvetnik Roger Baldwin. Roger poskuša sodišče prepričati, da so bili Afričani nezakonito prisiljeni v suženjstvo, zdajšnji ameriški predsednik Martin Van Buren pa si prizadeva, da obtoženi nikoli več ne bi bili svobodni.

Originalni opis filma:

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.