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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5183109, member: 1414"] The Free State of Jones. Rewatch, wife hadn’t seen it. Matthew McConaughey is Newton Knight a confederate medic during the civil war. He’s disillusioned with the war and death. Keri Russel is his wife. He deserts the army and through events, meets some runaway slaves, including Moses, played by Mahershala Ali. They hide together. Eventually more defectors arrive and Knight turns them into a resistance force. At first most just protecting local farms from confiscatory “taxes” of food and clothing meant to support the army. Later it’s a full revolt and they turn Jones county Mississippi and some others into free/unionist territory. There’s a lot more here, including flashbacks to a trial in the 60s. This is all based on a true story, but it’s unclear what’s been embellished. It’s a good movie nonetheless. [/QUOTE]