Amistad is the name of a bondservant address travelling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is accustomed a burden of Africans who accept been awash into bullwork in Cuba‚ taken on board‚ and chained in the burden authority of the ship. As the address is bridge from Cuba to the U.S.‚ Cinque‚ who was a affiliated baton in Africa‚ leads a disobedience and takes over the ship. They abide to sail‚ acquisitive to acquisition advice if they land. Instead‚ if they ability the United States‚ they are confined
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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 Questions Sierra Drummond 1) Who were the main characters in Amistad? Cinque‚ Roger S. Baldwin‚ Theodore Joadwin‚ Tappan‚ John Quincy Adams‚ Martin Van Buren 2) What was the time period (year) in history Amistad existed? 1839 3) Describe the dynamics of the slave ship Amistad during the Middle Passage. Desperate‚ fearful‚ and stressed Absolute treachery‚ 50 thrown overboard‚ women were raped‚ men were mutilated Natives took over through force during a slave uprising Power struggles take
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The film “Amistad” is recreate base on a true story about a slave ship traveling out from Cuba to the United State in 1839. The film start off with a group of African were shackled and chained then packed in an overloaded‚ dirty slave ship and exposed to inhuman treatment‚ on the Portuguese the Tecora as it makes its way through the Middle Passage towards Cuba. The ship carries 53 Africans who have been sold into servitude in Cuba. They tackled living board the ship and tied in the freight hold of
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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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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film based on the true story of the mutiny that occurred aboard La Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) in 1839. The ship is traveling from Cuba to the United States and has a cargo of Africans captured in Sierra Leone and held at the Lomboko slave fortress. It begins with Cinqué‚ a Mende tribe leader‚ freeing himself‚ leading to the massacre of the entire crew‚ save the two Spanish navigators. Instead of sailing the Africans back to Sierra Leone‚ the cunning
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trade. This abduction violated all of the treaties then in existence. Fifty-three Africans were purchased by two Spanish planters and put aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad for shipment to a Caribbean plantation. The Africans seized the ship‚ killed the captain and the cook‚ and ordered the planters to sail to Africa. In August 1839‚ the Amistad was seized off Long Island‚ NY‚ by the U.S. brig Washington. The planters were freed and the Africans were imprisoned in New Haven‚ CT‚ on charges of murder. Although
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APOCALYPTO REFLECTION Apocalypto is an American epic adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson. It was written by Gibson and Farhad Safinia. Set in Peten‚ Guatemala‚ during the declining period of the Maya civilization‚ Apocalypto depicts the journey of a 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
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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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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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