Free State of Jones

Banding together with other small farmers and local slaves, Southern farmer Newt Knight launches an uprising that leads Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones. Knight continues his struggle into Reconstruction and distinguishes him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long after the war. Based on a true story.

Rating

R

Release Year

2016

Duration

02:19

Genres

History, Drama, War, Action

Director

Gary Ross

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, GuguMbatha-Raw