Historical drama film based on 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 US government.
1997 Director - Steven Spielberg Production - HBO Pictures Starring - Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard Screenplay / Writer - David Franzoni Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski Editor - Michael Kahn
