Amistad

Amistad tells the story of the passengers of the ship by the same name. These Africans were illegally captured into the slave trade and to regain their freedom, killed their captors. They were recaptured and forced to endure the early American legal system heavily influenced by slavery proponents in the early 1800s. Abolitionists champion their cause in a landmark legal battle.

I found this movie to be an excellent history lesson. It was a facinating story making one wonder where fiction and fact met. According to a friend I saw this with, just about everything you see is just the way it happened. Usually real life doesn't make for such an intriguing story. Steven Spielberg does his usual excellent job of transporting the audience into another time and place. It's a shame these movies aren't bigger commercial draws because people should be reminded about how far this country has come.

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