LA Amistad is a movie depicting the tale of many Africans who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery. The Africans of “La Amistad” had been among five or six hundred Africans purchased by a Portuguese slave from Pedro Blanco‚ who operated a notorious slave factory on the island of Lomboko‚ south of Freetown. They had been brought from Africa on board the Portuguese slaver “Tecora” to Havana‚ where they were moved under cover of darkness to a prison outside the city and advertised for
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For my first quarter supplemental project‚ I chose to watch the movie Amistad. This movie portrays very unfortunate events that innocent people from Africa had to endure. The Africans were being held in Cuba and were chained to the cargo on the ship La Amistad. One of the Africans- Cinque; takes over the ship and him and his men kill most of the crew. Furthermore‚ they continue to sail‚ but reach the United States where they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. After this‚ the slaves are beginning to
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Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village. The dialogue is in the Yucatec Maya language. Apocalypto has exceptionally shown the Mayan Civilization and its culture. In the movie‚ a group of raiding Mayans bent on destroying the village by slicing and dicing their way through its inhabitants. The men who were in good health are captured‚ chained to long poles‚ and forced to march to the Mayan temple. The newly captured slaves
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La Amistad Report on the Movie Stripped of all human rights and taken forcefully from their homes‚ these people truly know what it is like to suffer. Amistad is a powerful story of the fight against slavery‚ and the victory of the abolitionists. This film is very moving‚ and should have been given many Oscars for excellent acting and directing. It is an outstanding reproduction of actual history and truly gives the viewer a feel for what these slaves endured. In the late 1830’s‚ the ship
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The film “Amistad” by Steven Spielberg is about the 1839 African slave mutiny aboard the Spanish ship‚ La Amistad. During the voyage Cinque played by Djimon Hounsou‚ is a slave aboard the ship who creates an uprising. Cinque and the rest of the slaves seize the ship‚ killing the crew and kept Captain Montes played by Victor Rivers and his first mate played by Geno Silva. As Montes continues to sail the ship the slaves believe they are going back home but come to find themselves in the shores of New
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Amistad Movie Summary The film begins in the depths of the schooner La Amistad‚ a slave-ship carrying captured West Africans into slavery. The film’s protagonist‚ Sengbe Pieh‚ most known by his Spanish name‚ "Cinqué‚" painstakingly picks a nail out of the ship’s structure and uses it to pick the lock on his shackles. Freeing a number of his companions‚ Cinqué initiates a rebellion on board the storm-tossed vessel. In the ensuing fighting‚ several Africans and most of the ship’s Spanish crew are
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have souls. Why we feel bad‚ we no have no souls? We want to be free very much.” This is a part of a letter that Kale‚ an African of the Mendi tribe‚ wrote to John Quincy Adams. Kale‚ coming from nothing‚ learned enough English while abroad then Amistad Slave Ship. Africans of the Mendi tribe struggled to regain freedom after Spanish abuse. Sometime in January of 1839‚ hundreds of Africans were captured near Sierra Leon. The Africans were beaten and blindfolded. They were then boarded onto a Portuguese
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1st period Historical Movie Review: Troy The film Troy was directed by Wolfgang Peterson and produced in 2004. The film was adapted by Homers great epic poem‚ The Iliad. The characters from The Iliad were portrayed by many well-known actors including‚ Brad Pitt‚ Orlando Bloom‚ and Eric Bana. Overall the movie was very entertaining but also contained many small errors and some historical inaccuracies. Troy retells the story of a war started by the Greek gods. Although the movie focuses more
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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
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The Amistad Trial The Amistad Trial‚ also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad‚ was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of slaves on board the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839 (Jones). The Amistad Case is part of The Freedom Trial consisting of four cities Farmington‚ Mystic‚ New Haven‚ and Hartford. In 1839‚ fifty-three Mendi Africans who were bound for slavery in Cuba aboard the ship Amistad took over the
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