And The Truth Is Known

Amistad is a strong movie that stands on its own with its content, it plot and the heavy duty conflict throughout the film.

Very few movies potray the reality of the days of slavery and the down right cruel acts of mankind. Push aside all that you thought you knew about the slave trading and listen to the accounts of these great actors as they bring back the time of hatred to the screen.

This film is one of the realities that should be viewed in classrooms around the world. To bring back the face to face account of really happened instead of the glossy-upped history books that children read today.

Short Blurb:
Amistad is about a group of men that were taken from their homeland and made to wear chains, be beaten and humilated for the sake of money.
Eventually what happens is that these men are found and taken into America and pronounced property of different men. A courtroom drama befalls these men that will give them their future, as slaves or free men.

I think that with the slaves not speaking english is what really puts this movie into prospective for me, the viewer. It showed me the tradegy that these brave men had to endure.

Morgan Freeman, a man that can never find a role that he couldn't play, is the hero, the star and the main reason I rented this film in the first place, and after watching the movie, I purchased it immediately so as to teach my son that hatred does hurt.

There is no negative thoughts about this movie. From the plot to the costumes this film is number one in my book.

I highly recommend this film to anyone who loves history and to those that want to open their eyes to the reality of the world..then and now.

violence: harsh reality
language: no swearing
sexual contents: none
age appro: I believe children from age ten and up should watch this film with their parents.