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Jun 24, 2016 · Gary Ross’ “Free State of Jones” is based on one of the most fascinating true stories of the Civil War. It tells of a rebellion against the Confederacy led by an angry farmer named Newton Knight, whose ragtag army of poor whites and escaped slaves declared a portion of southeastern Mississippi, including Jones County, independent and ...
Jun 24, 2016 · In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle ...
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Jun 23, 2016 · “Free State of Jones” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Gory wartime violence and less explicit but equally upsetting postwar brutality.
Jun 24, 2016 · Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) • 1 Win & 1 Nomination. Set during the Civil War, Free State of Jones tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.
Jun 20, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Free State of Jones’. Matthew McConaughey plays a Confederate deserter turned guerrilla saint in a Civil War drama more dogged than exciting. By Owen Gleiberman. Courtesy of...
Parents need to know that Free State of Jones stars Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight, a real-life former soldier-turned-renegade. It's an intense, violent drama about a Civil War deserter who ended up leading one of the biggest wartime rebellions in U.S. history.
Jun 24, 2016 · Free State of Jones: Directed by Gary Ross. With Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell. A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Free State of Jones has its moments of clumsiness, but it also has scenes that are rousing and a story that, as they say, makes learning fun. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 23, 2018
Jun 24, 2016 · The Free State of Jones. Free State of Jones is a 2016 war film starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and Keri Russell. The film is inspired by Newton Knight, who was a real person that led a group of former Confederate soldiers to fight back against the Confederacy.
Free State of Jones takes its own sweet time to tell the amazing story of Newton Knight's rebellion against his own initial side, the Confederacy, in the 1860s Civil War and beyond.
