The Voyage of La Amistad : : a Quest for Freedom
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Narrated by Alfre Woodard with Charles Durning and Brock Peters.
This documentary tells the story of the revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, in which Africans abducted from Sierra Leone in violation of international law took over the ship on which they were held, only to end up in the American court system. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, with various abolitionists and former president John Quincy Adams leading the way. Based on court documents and transcripts, letters written by the Africans and their lawyers, newspaper articles, and testimony from present-day scholars.
DVD ; Full screen ; Dolby Digital.
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : MPI Home Video, [2005], c1998.
Year Published: 1998
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0788606336 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Motyl, H. D.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Durning, Charles, 1923-
Peters, Brock.
MPI Teleproductions.
MPI Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections.
Abolitionists.
Slave trade -- History -- 19th century.
Documentary films.