A couple of new images from four-time Oscar nominee
Gary Ross (Big, Dave, Seabiscuit) fascinating real-life story of Newt Knight
(Matthew McConaughey) a Southern farmer who led a rebellion against the Confederacy
during the Civil War, have been made available.
More than just a war movie, The Free State of Jones
also deals with Knight's marriage with former slave (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the
establishment of a mixed-race community in the South, and his efforts through
Reconstruction.
Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali, Sean Bridger, Jacob
Lofland, and Gary Grubbs compose the rest of the cast for The Free State Of
Jones, which is scheduled to open on March 11, 2016.
Set during the Civil War, ‘The Free State of Jones’
tells the story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight (McConaughey), and his
extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Banding together with
other small farmers, and with the assistance of local slaves, Knight launched
an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy,
creating a Free State of Jones. His marriage to a former slave, Rachel
(Mbatha-Raw), and his subsequent establishment of a mixed race community was
unique in the post-war South. Knight continued his struggle into
Reconstruction, which distinguished him as a compelling, if controversial,
figure of defiance long beyond the War.
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