The Amistad With any movie there is always a purpose and objective. The viewing process of the movie is to support literacy and to asses personal strengths and inspire personal growth. With the movie The Amistad the objective of the movie was to remind individuals of the progress that has been made since the slavery times of the past. It helps to remind people that there is much more change still to be made when it comes to situations that directly deal with the issue of race. Intentionally or not
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language. He worked his way to the free life and in the end it worked out for him‚ although it leaves scars on his soul. In "Amistad"‚ Cinque is a slave that leads a revolt on a slave ship after escaping. When they get to america‚ Baldwin‚ a lawyer that is representing the slave and the former president Adams helps free the slaves. Olaudah Equiano and Cinque are similar because they were both slaves that were set free. They both went through the same struggles and hardships in the slave life
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The event took place in the 1800s. At the beginning of the movie Cinque the leader of a tribe was in LA Amistad ship then he managed to scaped from the spanish crewmen ‚ slaves force 2 spanish crew men to go back to Africa but they went to the U.S‚ Then a U.S navy ship captured the amistad ship‚ Slaves were taking to a trial‚ Mr baldwin who is the lawer won the case. There were a lot of charecters in the movie the main ones were‚ Cinque‚
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by Plato is a perfect example to describe why Cinque and the slaves acted in violence‚ and why they are in fact justified in their actions. Cinque and the slaves recognized that all individuals are equal and therefore‚ no one person has control over anothers life. Once the slaves saw the treacherous pain their fellow friends were going through‚ they resorted to their God-given survival instincts. Although Plato‚ like Hobbes‚ would agree that what Cinque and the slaves did was in fact justified‚ Plato
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The Culture of the Venice Carnival The Venice Carnival first started in the 14th century. The word carnival‚ in Italian carnevale‚ Latin meaning means to take away or remove meat. Carnival takes place just before Lent‚ the forty days that mark a season of sorrowful reflection‚ fasting and abstinence from fruit‚ eggs‚ meat‚ and dairy products. Carnival has so many different meaning for not only the Venetian people but to people all over the world. There are different variations of carnival all around
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Amistad Questions Sierra Drummond 1) Who were the main characters in Amistad? Cinque‚ Roger S. Baldwin‚ Theodore Joadwin‚ Tappan‚ John Quincy Adams‚ Martin Van Buren 2) What was the time period (year) in history Amistad existed? 1839 3) Describe the dynamics of the slave ship Amistad during the Middle Passage. Desperate‚ fearful‚ and stressed Absolute treachery‚ 50 thrown overboard‚ women were raped‚ men were mutilated Natives took over through force during a slave uprising Power struggles take
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53 slaves from Africa to the east coast of the USA‚ the ship owner messes up. Two slaves are set to court to prove that they are from Africa. By this time period‚ slave transporting form Africa is illegal. This movie tells the tale of the African Cinque. He doesn’t speak English so proving himself proves difficult. Steven Spielberg really has made a masterpiece. Perfecting the language in this film was nothing easy to do. Being set in the 1800’s‚ their language and dialect was very different from
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The Amistad movie is about a group of West Africans captured as slaves to America. Led by Sengbe Pieh‚ who was renamed as Joseph Cinque by the Spaniards who bought his later decided to revolt against his captors. The movie started at the scene where cinque was trying to free himself from his chains. Him and his fellow slaves managed to get control of the ship by killing many of the cruise men living two of then alive to guide then back to Africa. They fought hard to stay alive‚ but unfortunately
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story of the mutiny that occurred aboard La Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) in 1839. The ship is traveling from Cuba to the United States and has a cargo of Africans captured in Sierra Leone and held at the Lomboko slave fortress. It begins with Cinqué‚ a Mende tribe leader‚ freeing himself‚ leading to the massacre of the entire crew‚ save the two Spanish navigators. Instead of sailing the Africans back to Sierra Leone‚ the cunning navigators bring them to the coast of America‚ where the fifty-three
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Tarea 4-Amistad (1997) Negative Critique: Charles Taylor- Salon.com Positive Critique: James Berardinelli- Reel Views Based on a true story‚ about a group of enslaved Africans aboard the slaveship La Amistad who overtake the ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship is seized‚ the captives are brought to the United States where a courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation while confronting the very foundation of the American justice system
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