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  1. Jul 1, 2024 · Upcoming movie “The Free State of Jones,” starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Keri Russell, tells the true story of Newton Knight and a Mississippi county’s open defiance of secession and the War. (After shooting in Louisiana and Mississippi, the film is expected to release March 11, 2016.)

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  2. Jun 30, 2024 · Free State of Jones is a historical war film based on the life of Newton Knight, played by Matthew McConaughey, who leads a rebellion against the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The film also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and Keri Russell.

  3. Jul 12, 2024 · Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones...

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  4. Jul 18, 2024 · Free State of Jones - In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wound After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter.

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  5. Jul 3, 2024 · Subject of the upcoming film “The Free State of Jones,” Mississippi’s Newton Knight is remembered in his home of Jones County as both a hero and a scoundrel. by Judy Smith. The legend and lore of Newton Knight still haunts Jones County today. Whispers of his deeds — or misdeeds, depending on who you ask — blow through the Spanish moss ...

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  6. Jul 17, 2024 · Free State of Jones (2016) Directed by Gary Ross, ‘Free State of Jones’ is a biographical war drama that dramatizes a particular revolt during the American Civil War, one led by Newton Knight. Knight led a Southern Unionist against the Confederates after deserting the war in the aftermath of the Second Battle of Corinth (1862).

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  8. Jul 1, 2024 · "Free State of Jones" tells the story of Newton Knight, a deserter of the civil war who formed his own mix-raced community in Jones County. The film aims to educate and entertain, and while it's not perfect and it feels slightly 'run-of-the-mill' for the genre overall, it achieves its goal.

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