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One thing particularly bothered me about this movie is the constant references of the Civil War. It is unlikely at the time that many people would really feel that a Civil war was a serious possibility. It seems to be more a tool of foreshadowing and feels historically out of place. The figures in this movie other than Africans and African Americans all seem to have a bit of silliness or weirdness about them. - Jonathan Bell
 
One thing particularly bothered me about this movie is the constant references of the Civil War. It is unlikely at the time that many people would really feel that a Civil war was a serious possibility. It seems to be more a tool of foreshadowing and feels historically out of place. The figures in this movie other than Africans and African Americans all seem to have a bit of silliness or weirdness about them. - Jonathan Bell
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What happened to the women and children from La Amistad that we see at the beginning of the film?  They just disappear.  - Sarah Richardson
  
 
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time ==
 
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time ==

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