Amistad is the name of a slave ship travelling 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 (Djimon Hounsou), who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find their way back to Africa. Instead, they are misdirected and 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 (Sir Anthony Hopkins) makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.
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Amistad
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Andante From Quartet No. 2 In B Flat Major
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Andantino From Quartet No. 3 In G Major
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Amazing Grace
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John Newton:
Scrittore
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I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
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Hail To The Chief
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Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean
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Dry Your Tears, Afrika
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Bernard Dadié:
(testo corale di asciugare le tue lacrime, afrika) estratto dal poema
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Timuyandya
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Debbie Allen:
Scrittore
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The Ladder Is Broken
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Arthur Abraham:
Adattamento tradizionale del canto dell'Africa occidentale
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Ya Weh
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Arthur Abraham:
Adattamento tradizionale del canto dell'Africa occidentale
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Let's Stand Together
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Sheriff Kargbo:
Adattamento tradizionale del canto dell'Africa occidentale
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Today We Face The Wall
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Arthur Abraham:
Adattamento tradizionale del canto dell'Africa occidentale
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Let's Stand Together
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Giovanni Battista Viotti:
Esecutore
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