Amistad
Amistad is a film that shows the beginning of slavery and how it all began. To my surprise, the African Americans started slavery themselves, because they traded themselves for guns, materials, food, and many other things. Slaves were brought over on the ship, La Amistad from Cuba and tried to free themselves from their owners. The slaves killed all of the whites on their ship except for two. They did not kill these two whites because they hoped that these whites would help them find their way home, but in fact, they were still bringing them to Spain, to be used there. However, these two men led to them to the United States, where there this whole story begins. Two prominate men in New Haven, one African American, one white, finds a young lawyer willing to help them, for a low fare, try to win the slaves freedom. A difficult task to say the least, the young lawyer, Roger begins his job. The task is most difficult because there are documents to say these men belong to Queen Isabella II of Spain, and they are property of Spain because they originated in Havana, Cuba. Roger must prove this is a lie, and prove they came from Africa. Because according
The slaves were treated like a piece of property and not like individual respected human beings. He found a way for communication between himself and the Mendee tribe, and before him no one would try to talk to them. I thought it was well written, because it truly depicts slavery how it was. The most important scene to me is the scene with Roger and Cinque. Cinque is the main slave, which we come in close contact with in this movie. Roger finally shows him a tooth which he found on the ship, this tooth, given to Cinque from his wife, this tooth immediately brings memories to Cinque and he begins to speak of his long journey here, and how it really happened. They define pain and suffering, because they lived through that everyday of their lives. This was directly before our Civil War and the Industrial Revolution. to the people in the United States, they were sold to and are from Spanish territory, meaning they were Spanish slaves. There are many crucial and important scenes in this movie. Roger, with the help of his translator Kai-Nyga, begins to talk to Cinque about how he got here. It is something I would definitely watch again. He uses his mind as well as his heart to help free the slaves. This man was a true man who reached for his goals, and fought for what he believed in.
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