Product Details
- Starring: Alfre Woodard
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9786304899687
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- Format: Black & White, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6304899688
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- Label: Mpi Home Video
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- Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Mpi Home Video
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- Release Date: 2001-05-15
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- Studio: Mpi Home Video
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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- Title: Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom
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- UPC: 030306727936
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Product Description: A group of 53 kidnapped Africans revolt on a slave ship in 1839, but they are recaptured and brought to trial. Are they men fighting for their freedom or are they property? The first victory of the Abolitionist movement has been documented with sparkling clarity in The Voyage of La Amistad. More than just a portrayal of a historical incident, this video brings the reality of the pre-emancipation period into painfully sharp focus, detailing the horrors of the "middle passage," and the dehumanizing man-as-property laws of the time. Alfre Woodard's narration is effective, and character voices are presented by Charles Durning and Brock Peters. The Voyage of La Amistad makes the perfect companion to Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-nominated Amistad, which brought this little-known incident to national attention in 1997. --Brendan J. LaSalle
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