Not many of the slaves that wereaboard the Amistad were not accounted for. Many of the slaves were killed andthrown overboard. Cinque was one of the few that survived and told his story toothers. At first. Cinque did not know if he could trust his lawyer because he waswhite and he did not understand a word that they were saying. He sat in courtplaying attention really hard to see if he could understand. finally they got him atranslator so they could talk to him and he could talk to the court. Sitting in jail one night, another slave had an copy of a bible. They were flipping through the pageslooking at the pictures. While they were looking the other slave was explaining toCinque about the pictures. The pictures revealed the story of Jesus. When theywon the case the slaves were happy and the slave held the bible up. At the endwhen it was all over, Cinque and his fellow African American were allowed to gohome. The Supreme Court let them go back to their home land. When arriving athome they were faced with the bad news that their friends and many of their familymembers had been killed. I do not know how I would deal with coming home froma long fight for freedom and finding out that all my friends and relatives were dead. I would feel real cheated out of my life if I was taken from my country and mychildren and wife had been killed. Here at Howard University he had the honor to say we had a part in helpingAmistad get to the big screen. Debbie Allen was the lady that set out to find adirector and produce the movie. I am glad she set out on the mission to get thismovie on the big screen. She was also given the honor to co-produce and toco-direct the movie beside Steven Spilberg. She did a great job in my eyes of tellingthe story of the Middle Passage. They were only as good as its cast. Djimon Honsou played the best role Ihave ever seen him display. He took the job of learning another language and takingsome abuse. He...
