Title The voyage of La Amistad : a quest for freedom / MPI Teleproductions ; written by Warneke J. Smith ; produced & directed by H.D. Motyl.

Publication Info.	[Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, 2005.
	1998.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD 326.973 VOY	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD326.02 V947	Check Shelf
Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs	DVD 326 VOY	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 326 VOY	Check Shelf
Portland Public Library - Adult Department	DVD 973.7 VOY	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD 326.0973 VOYAGE	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs	DVD 326.0973 VOYAGE	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; Dolby Digital.
Cast	Narrated by Alfre Woodard with Charles Durning and Brock Peters.
Credits	Editor, John Lux.
Audience	Not rated.
Summary	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.
Language	English dialogue.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Local Subject	Trafficking in enslaved persons -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
Subject	Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Amistad (Schooner)
	Abolitionists -- United States.
	Slave rebellions -- United States.
Added Author	Motyl, H. D.
	Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
	Durning, Charles, 1923-2012.
	Peters, Brock.
	MPI Teleproductions.
	MPI Home Video (Firm)
ISBN	0788606336
Standard No.	030306727998
Music No.	DVD7279 MPI Home Video

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