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Product Name: Free State of Jones [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2016]
UPC: 025192347214
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Matthew McConaughey really does have it.
McConaughey plays Newton Knight, like Oskar Schindler an anomaly in a horrific time and place. Knight, a pro-Union Mississippi native, marshaled a guerrilla war against his own side, the Confederates, with troops (as many as 500) including deserters and runaway slaves alike.
He fathered five children in his common-law marriage to a former slave and nine more with his wife. Both families shared the same 160-acre farm. Progressive hero or backwoods disgrace?
Matthew McConaughey stars in this epic, untold true story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite overwhelming odds, Knight banded together with other small farmers and local slaves and launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones
Posted by Rocky
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Free State of Jones DVD a History Lesson
I know Hollywood sensationalizes the truth, but I learned so much that I did not know about this time period and looked it up to read more about it. Excellent acting and story line for the time period. Worth purchasing and adding to your collection.
