The voyage of La Amistad a quest for freedom

DVD

ISBN: 0788606336
ISBN: 9780788606335
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : MPI Home Video, c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released in 1998. Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, John Lux ; written by Warneke J. Smith ; produced & directed by H.D. Motyl.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Alfre Woodard with Charles Durning and Brock Peters.
Summary, etc.:	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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD format.