Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones Film Poster
Year
2016
Genre
Drama - Biography
Cast
Matthew McConaughey - Keri Russell
Spanish Title
El Valiente
Portuguese Title
Um Estado de Liberdade
Director
Gary Ross
Synopsis
A true story set against the Civil War and Reconstruction. The story follows Newton Knight, a Southern unionist who fled the battlefield and rallied Confederate Army deserters to his so-called Knight Company against the Confederacy. Knight went on to marry the former slave of his grandfather and is still a divisive figure to this day .