2016 · action · drama · history
Free State of Jones
Directed by Gary Ross2h 20m2016
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Our read: Free State of Jones (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded action · drama · history entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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