BLACK people who think that Steven Spielberg’s latest movie “Amistad” is about black heroes taking their freedom by any means necessary are doomed to disappointment upon seeing the movie.

Until this year, few knew the story of the ship Amistad: that in 1839 a group of captured Africans had risen up against Spanish slave traders and subsequently won their freedom in American court.

Now that “Amistad,” the movie, is a reality, there’s a good chance that the legend of Cinque will make its way into more history books. Nothing would make Allen prouder.

The name Oliver Stone comes to mind.Now comes Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad,” a redemptive movie, in two senses. It redeems Hollywood’s reputation as a place where movies can be ...

The Jurkowitz Center for Community Engagement announces the screening of Amistad, the next installment in the Movies That Matter series with Hal Conklin ...

The 1997 Oscar-nominated movie “Amistad," directed by Steven Spielberg, captured that story. Eastville Community Historical Society executive director Georgette Grier-Key, ...

Even at Sunset, History Sails With the Amistad. April 27, 2004. By Courtland Milloy.

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions. Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith.

Two Spanish plantation owners, Pedro Montes and Jose Ruiz, bought the 53 Africans, who were put aboard La Amistad. But on July 1, 1839, the Africans seized the ship and ordered the plantation ...