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.

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Film Cast:

• Newton Knight: Matthew McConaughey
• Rachel: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
• Moses Washington: Mahershala Ali
• Serena Knight: Keri Russell
• Daniel: Jacob Lofland
• Sumrall: Sean Bridgers
• Lieutenant Barbour: Brad Carter
• Miss Ellie: Jane McNeill
• Prosecuting Attorney: Gary Grubbs
• Jasper: Christopher Berry
• Amos Deason: Joe Chrest
• Quitman: David Jensen
• Injured Soldier: Kurt Krause
• Confederate Color Guard: Carlton Caudle
• Freedman 1: Martin Bats Bradford
• Matthew Yates: Matt Lintz
• Mary: Kerry Cahill
• Annie: Jessica Collins
• Confederate Soldier: Juan Gaspard
• Junie Lee: Liza J. Bennett
• Polling Station Clerk: David Maldonado
• Schoolgirl: Serenity Neil
• Chester: Lawrence Turner
• Mrs. Deason: Lara Grice
• Col. Robert Lowry: Wayne Pére
• Farmer 1: Jim Klock
• Town Folk: Emily Bossak
• Sergeant: P.J. Marshall
• Third Man: Ritchie Montgomery
• Stillman Coleman: Mattie Liptak
• Aunt Sally: Jill Jane Clements
• Col. McLemore: Thomas Francis Murphy
• Old Man: Johnny McPhail
• Lt. Barbour: Bill Tangradi
• First Man: William Mark McCullough
• Edward James – Cotton Field Worker: Sam Malone
• Boy at Alice Hotel: Kylen Davis
• Farmer 2: Will Beinbrink
• George: Troy Hogan
• Confederate Soldier: Cy Parks
• Ward: Dane Rhodes
• Second Woman / Yeoman Farmer: Lucy Faust
• Yeoman Girl: Stella Allen
• Older Coleman Brother: Cade Mansfield Cooksey
• Maroon (uncredited): Tahj Vaughans
• Davis Knight: Brian Lee Franklin

Film Crew:

• Casting: Debra Zane
• Production Design: Philip Messina
• Costume Design: Louise Frogley
• Editor: Juliette Welfling
• Producer: Jon Kilik
• Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster
• Editor: Pamela Martin
• Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme
• Producer: Scott Stuber
• Executive Producer: Oren Aviv
• Set Decoration: Larry Dias
• Writer: Gary Ross
• Executive Producer: Robert Simonds
• Executive Producer: Robin Bissell
• Art Direction: Andrew Max Cahn
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hsu
• Executive Producer: Wang Zhonglei
• Executive Producer: Stuart Ford
• Prosthetics: Gary Archer
• Foley: Marko Costanzo
• Makeup Department Head: Nikoletta Skarlatos
• Executive Producer: Wang Zhongjun
• Co-Producer: David Pomier
• First Assistant Director: Eric Heffron
• Assistant Costume Designer: Meagan McLaughlin
• Foley: Eric Milano
• Second Unit Director: Garrett Warren
• Visual Effects Editor: Gershon Hinkson
• Executive Producer: Michael Bassick
• Makeup Artist: Kris Evans
• Executive Producer: Bruce Nachbar
• “B” Camera Operator: Jerry M. Jacob
• Executive Producer: Matt Jackson
• Additional Camera: Michael Watson
• Executive Producer: Christopher Woodrow
• Hairstylist: Felicity Bowring
• Casting: Meagan Lewis
• Music Editor: John Finklea
• Executive Producer: Jerry Ye
• Set Designer: Randall D. Wilkins
• Still Photographer: Murray Close
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Chad Rivetti
• Special Effects Coordinator: David K. Nami
• Hair Department Head: Jules Holdren
• Key Hair Stylist: Melizah Anguiano Wheat
• Set Costumer: Adriane Bennett
• Costume Supervisor: Carlane Passman
• Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Matthew O’Toole
• Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud
• Key Hair Stylist: Theraesa Rivers
• Executive Producer: Russell Levine
• Additional Camera: Greg Morris
• Set Costumer: Tom Cummins
• Art Department Coordinator: Wylie Griffin
• Supervising Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port
• Second Assistant “C” Camera: Griffin McCann
• Set Costumer: Lisa Magee
• Wigmaker: Khanh Trance
• Art Direction: Chris Craine
• Gaffer: Bob Bates
• Original Music Composer: Nicholas Britell
• First Assistant “C” Camera: Wade Whitley
• Co-Producer: Diana Alvarez
• Second Second Assistant Director: Marvin Williams
• “A” Camera Operator: Bela Trutz
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Teresa Berus
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Nikos Kalaitzidis
• Executive Producer: Adam Fogelson
• Executive Producer: Donald Tang
• Set Costumer: Parrish Kennington
• Visual Effects Editor: Danny Singh
• Foley: Dave Flynch
• Casting Associate: Dylan Jury
• Story: Leonard Hartman
• Casting Associate: Dawn Jefferson
• Script Supervisor: Sam Sullivan
• Armorer: Virle S. Reid
• Music Supervisor: Jason Markey
• Assistant Costume Designer: Timothy A. Wonsik
• Seamstress: Amy Darden Amos
• Set Costumer: Tracey Millar
• Rigging Gaffer: Vic Keatley
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Naline Amaral
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Henry Wan
• Visual Effects Editor: Craig Sheppard
• Visual Effects Producer: Jenne Guerra
• ADR & Dubbing: David Levy
• Sound Recordist: Lee Salevan
• Digital Intermediate: Peter Boychuk
• First Assistant Editor: Staci Pontius
• Executive Producer: Christopher Lytton
• Executive Producer: Lee Jae Woo
• Co-Executive Producer: Elexa Ruth
• Second Assistant “A” Camera: Milan Janicin
• Second Assistant Director: Christopher T. Sadler
• Co-Executive Producer: Samuel Yeunju Ha
• Executive Producer: T.G. Herrington
• First Assistant “B” Camera: Chris Flurry
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Matthew Gaumer
• Associate Producer: Sandino Moya-Smith
• Executive Producer: Leonard Feder

Movie Reviews:

• Reno: **A country that existed for a brief time in the history of American.**
• Once again, it proves that the critics are so dumb. In this people to people and people to filmmakers contact era, no one listens to them. Let them do their own sideshow. This was partially based on the real events that takes place in the following years of 1862. When America was fighting a civil war, a man named Newton Knight returned home from the battlefield where he started to help the farmers who were robbed by the armymen. Its like they are fighting their own war, to protect the land and the crops. They knew the consequence and so they were prepared for it.
• This is over a two hour long film and I think they had covered everything nicely. At some stage it looked like the Daniel Craig’s ‘Defiance’. But it reveals many events like changing time and the atmosphere, how they adapted to it along to move on. In the opening scene only they had shown us the war, but very soon it moved away to tell what’s happening off the battlefield. Like how it’s affecting the people. So the resistance emerges and the days going by they gain large power in the region. Very interesting perspective, though everything in the film was not true despite overall plot was inspired by the history.
• Matthew McConaughey alone steered the ship. You will like his performance. The locations were good, but most of them were either farmland or swamp. There’s a little event that follows the 80 years later, just to disclose some court law debate over interracial marriage. Not a must see film, maybe if you are an American, then it might be, but other than that its a good watch. I hope the people would realise that and watch it.
• _8/10_
• r96sk: Quality film.
• ‘Free State of Jones’ tells the true story of Newton Knight’s role in the American Civil War. As you’d hope/expect, it leads to captivating viewing. Matthew McConaughey is superb, while he’s supported excellently by Mahershala Ali.
• It’s tough to watch in large portions given the obvious things from the Civil War era, from the war itself but also to slavery. I had never heard of Newton Knight, so it was very interesting for me to see it unfold and learning bits – even with some creative license, I’m sure. It also serves an important message that slavery didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation.
• I personally found the film very well paced and extremely nicely shot, McConaughey and Ali are the stars but there are also notable performances from the likes of Gugu Mbatha-Raw. It’s a great film, one that’s worth a watch. Sadness and heart aplenty.