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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter.
The fortress plays a prominent part in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad. In the movie, the main character Joseph Cinqué, as well as other slaves, were shown being captured and brought to Lomboko and treated cruelly. The slave liberation and destruction of the fortress is portrayed in the film's climax. [4]
Amazing Grace is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the abolitionist campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament.
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Djimon Gaston Hounsou (/ ˈ dʒ aɪ m ən ˈ uː n s uː / JY-mən OON-soo; [1] French: [dʒimɔ̃ unsu]; born April 24, 1964) [2] is a Beninese-born American actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990).
Freedom's Path is a 2022 historical war drama film written, directed and produced by Brett Smith in his feature length debut. It stars Gerran Howell , RJ Cyler , and Ewen Bremner . Based on the American Civil War , it won multiple film festival awards in 2022 and had a limited theatrical run from February 3, 2023.
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad lit. ' Friendship ' , during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba , and the international legal battle ...
Two for the Money is a 2005 American sports drama film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Armand Assante and Carly Pope. The film is about the world of sports gambling. It was released on October 7, 2005. It is the first Morgan Creek movie distributed by Universal Pictures since Coupe de Ville in 1990.