Free State of Jones

movie      2016

Action      Biography      Drama      History      War     

rating 6.9

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Director: Gary Ross

Cast: Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw Mahershala Ali Keri Russell Christopher Berry

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. Banding together with other small farmers and local slaves, Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones. Knight continued his struggle into Reconstruction, distinguishing him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long beyond the War.::STX Entertainment