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  1. Sep 19, 2023 · The ending of the movieFree State of Jones” has left many viewers puzzled and seeking clarification. Set during the American Civil War, the film tells the true story of Newton Knight, a Confederate soldier who becomes disillusioned with the Confederacy and leads a rebellion against it. The movie’s ending is both powerful and thought-provoking,

  2. Jun 24, 2016 · Powered by JustWatch. 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 ...

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  4. Jul 5, 2016 · Free State of Jones, STX Entertainment, 139 minutes, 2016. Presentism, introducing present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past, can infect the best efforts of movie-makers as well as historians. Gary Ross’ $50 million historical drama, sumptuously filmed and scrupulously researched, is a good example.

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  5. Jun 20, 2016 · In 1862, when “Free State of Jones” begins, Newton Knight is just an anonymous battle-weary medical nurse, up to his elbows in carnage, who ducks out of combat to take the corpse of a young ...

  6. Jun 23, 2016 · The Free State of Jones review – a southern Schindler's List ... Thu 23 Jun 2016 13.27 EDT Last modified on Mon 19 Jun 2017 07.07 EDT. ... While this is a movie that ultimately builds to a ...

  7. Mar 17, 2022 · The true story of the Free State of Jones started in 1860. Then, as Southern states began seceding from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln, people in Jones County, Mississippi, voted to stay. “Fact is, Jones County never seceded from the Union into the Confederacy,” explained the real-life Newton Knight in 1921.

  8. Jun 24, 2016 · After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves ...

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