Amistad
| Year | 1997 |
| Starring | Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne |
| Director(s) | Steven Spielberg |
| Rating | R |
| Genre(s) | Drama, History, Mystery |
| Runtime | 155 min |
An African-born slave leads a mutiny against his brutal captors, but because the Spanish slave ship La Amistad is in American waters, a U.S. court must decide the slaves’ fates. In an eloquent courtroom speech, ex-president John Quincy Adams argues for the Africans’ freedom.