amistad · started watching this two nights ago and just finished it. this is a superb telling of a story about the tragedy of human slavery and how the issue found itself in the supreme court of the united states in the mid-nineteenth century. i know little of the actual history here, but what resources i have been able to uncover in an hour's research would seem to support that the facts as presented are generally and historically accurate. it's a refreshingly intelligent and literate work, part courtroom drama and part human drama, well-balanced and without the typical excesses of melodrama that other recent historical movies have fallen prey to. a new entry into my five-star movie list!