"LA AMISTAD". FILM.

Hello, dear students.

I invite you to watch the film "La Amistad", directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by dreamworks pictures. It is a really interesting film by means of which you can learn about the freedom and the Human Rights.

Answer the following questions as you view this film.

La Amistad Film Quiz

WARNING: This film contains violence. Some segments may be difficult to view.

1. From where did La Amistad originally set sail? _____________­­­­­____________

2. Who led the revolt? _______________________________________________

3. Where was La Amistad captured after the revolt? ________________________

4. How did the crew get La Amistad to Montauk Point? ______________________

5. What charges were filed against the captives? ___________________________

6. Which two abolitionists were looking for someone to take the case? __________

7. Who became the lawyer for the captives? ______________________________

8. What three groups were trying to claim the Africans as property? ____________

9. Who was the former president who joined the Amistad Committee? __________

10. How did Josiah Gibbs break the communications barrier with the captives? __

11. Who became the translator? ________________________________________

12. Why did US President Van Buren want the captives to lose their court case? __

13. What was the judge’s decision? _____________________________________

14. What argument did John Quincy Adams use to defend the captives in the Supreme Court?

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We 'll talk about this film during our next English class.
Enjoy it!!!