The Amistad With any movie there is always a purpose and objective. The viewing process of the movie is to support literacy and to asses personal strengths and inspire personal growth. With the movie The Amistad the objective of the movie was to remind individuals of the progress that has been made since the slavery times of the past. It helps to remind people that there is much more change still to be made when it comes to situations that directly deal with the issue of race. Intentionally or not
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The Amistad movie is about a group of West Africans captured as slaves to America. Led by Sengbe Pieh‚ who was renamed as Joseph Cinque by the Spaniards who bought his later decided to revolt against his captors. The movie started at the scene where cinque was trying to free himself from his chains. Him and his fellow slaves managed to get control of the ship by killing many of the cruise men living two of then alive to guide then back to Africa. They fought hard to stay alive‚ but unfortunately
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Maria Ramirez Period 7 Word count 602 The Amistad The Amistad was a significant historical event that eventually led to important outcomes like the awareness of slavery and the encouragement of public opinion. The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship used in the 1800’s. On June 27‚ 1839‚ The Amistad left the port of Havana‚ Cuba with Captain Ransom Ferrer and two passengers‚ Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez. Along with fifty-three African American slaves from the Mende tribe in Sierra Leone‚ “Ruiz had forty-nine
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what up woOn June 28‚ 1839‚ the Spanish slave schooner Amistad set sail from Havana on a routine delivery of human cargo. On a moonless night‚ after four days at sea‚ the captive Africans rose up‚ killed the captain‚ and seized control of the ship. They attempted to sail to a safe port‚ but were captured by the U.S. Navy and thrown into jail in Connecticut. Their legal battle for freedom eventually made its way to the Supreme Court‚ where their cause was argued by former president John Quincy Adams
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The movie "Amistad" is based on a true story. This tells us the story about some African slaves who were sold by their own countrymen to acquire weapons and money. During the time of translation to Spain‚ the crews rebels and kill almost all their Spanish captors. African slaves took charge of the crew to return to their homes‚ but they were discovered by American troops‚ who taken them as prisoners leading them to United States to determine what they would do with them. Upon arrival the slaves to
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La Amistad Decades of Hollywood’s interpretation of our nation’s past struggles and triumphs have both aided the American people in empathizing and understanding our predecessors‚ as well as helping to skew our views of the reality of the past. Often times in Hollywood’s retelling of historical events‚ truth is manipulated by filmmakers to accommodate necessities in storytelling such as character development‚ plot devices and alterations that allow a story to unfold within a 2 hour time frame
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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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1. General Information Name of the Film and Year: Amistad (1997) Director and Producers: Steven Spielberg. Debbie Allen‚ Colin Wilson Written by: David Franzoni Starring: Morgan Freeman‚ Anthony Hopkins‚ Djimon Hounsou‚ Matthew McConaughey‚ Nigel Hawthorne Stellan skasgård‚ Harry Blackmun‚ Anna Paquin. Genre: Drama Some awards: Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins)‚ Achievement in World Cinema (Stellan Skarsgård)‚ Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Djimon Hounsou) 2. Argument
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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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