With "Amistad," Steve Spielberg gives us two presidents for the price of one -- John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren, who battle over the fate of a group of kidnapped Africans that has revolted against their captors on the Amistad slave ship. This inspiring movie has a lot to say about maritime law and even more to say about the evils of slavery.
With "Amistad," Steve Spielberg gives us two presidents for the price of one -- John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren, who battle over the fate of a group of kidnapped Africans that has revolted against their captors on the Amistad slave ship. This inspiring movie has a lot to say about maritime law and even more to say about the evils of slavery.