In the year 1839...

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2006)

...when some countries, like America, took the liberty of some people and used them as slaves.This is a movie about the bravery of a few African men who were tired of being treated as animals, or worse than animals.They start a mutiny on the ship and soon they are in a courtroom.Does the humanity win? Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997) is based on a true story.The acting work is brilliant.There are talents such as Morgan Freeman (Theodore Joadson), Nigel Hawthorne (Martin Van Buren), Anthony Hopkins (John Quincy Adams), Djimon Hounsou (Cinque), Matthew McConaughey (Baldwin), David Paymer (Secretary Forsyth), Stellan Skarsgård (Tappan), Anna Paquin (Queen Isabella II) and many more.Amistad is a movie that touches and makes you think.How could there be people that thought this was right? All men and women should be equal, black and white.There are people that still don't get that.Amistad is a movie that should make you cry.Like in the scene that shows you how those African people were treated on the ship, what they did to them...It's just horrible.This shouldn't have happened.