Ghosts of Amistad chronicles a trip to Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, to interview elders about local memory of the case, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The documentary is now available for free full-length viewing in English, with subtitled versions in French, Italian and Spanish on both YouTube and Vimeo.
View:
Trailer with Italian subtitles with French subtitles with Spanish subtitles
Educational Resources
- (PDF) Study Guide prepared by film co-producers/historians Philip Misevich and Konrad Tuchscherer
- (PDF) Study Guide, "Film Pittsburgh, Teen Screen" by Lori Sisson and Kipp Dawson
- (Video) Kalpana Biswas Interviews Tony Buba and Marcus Rediker for Indie Film Forum
- (Video) Peter Emanuel Interviews Marcus Rediker at the Mystic Seaport Museum
- Video Archives
“This film is an ambitious and imaginative attempt to explore the impact of the Amistad Mutiny and the repatriation of the brave Africans to their homes in Sierra Leone. It is of great interest to any student of slavery and the slave trade.”
— HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., HARVARD UNIVERSITY
