I am not necessarily cautious about anything regarding the film. It is about about the horrors of slavery so I believe that everyone should be prepared to see exactly that. I am concerned however that they will insensitivity portray the Africans. There are many negative stereotypes and misunderstandings about Africans in general and it will be disappointing to see any of those in the film.

I am most interested to see how they dramatize the court proceedings of the case. Many movies get how courts function in real life wrong. They do this, I believe, to make sure the audience remains engaged and entertained which is fine unless they begin to misconstrue the facts of what occurred.

I wonder when exactly the slaves decided to escape from their captors? Was it a spur of the moment decision or did they plan this for a period of time. I ask this because we learn later in this article that these individuals, unfortunately, had been in captivity for weeks if not months before this. They were first held in West Africa, shipped to Cuba and then finally were on the Amistad.