Written and directed by four-time Oscar® nominee Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit, Pleasantville), and starring Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey, Free State of Jones is an epic action-drama set during the Civil War, and 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.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Adam Fogelson, Chairman, Motion Picture Group at STX Entertainment
Mahershala Ali
Writer/Director/Producer Gary Ross and Producer Jon Kilik
Genres
Epic Action-Drama
Starring
Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali
Directed By
Gary Ross
Produced By
Scott Stuber, Jon Kilik, Gary Ross
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