Amistad, eye opener!

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2016)

Amistad, a Steven Spielberg movie, is a movie that can open one's eyes and imaginations to understand a very small view of what enslaved Africans went through. In the movie, we follow a group of enslaved Africans who have arrived in America on a ship they took over called, "La Amistad", which supposedly belong to the Spanish.Not knowing if they belong to the Spanish, they are placed under custody and a trial goes on to determine whether they are a freed group who was wrongfully captured and transported, or if they should be put to death. Throughout the movie, we receive glimpses of what it was like to go through what slaves went through when in the slave trade system. These depictions in the movie shows the struggle and hardships slaves truly did endure, and how they continued to stay unified and work together. In the time period, as well all know, racism and slavery consumed the united states. After multiple court trials, the Africans were deemed free, But after an appeal, the supreme court now had to get involved to finally determine if the slaves will truly be freed. And after the final trial, these Africans, these human being were final given their freedom. "Give us, us free! Give us, us free! Give us, us free!"