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Cast: Matthew McConaughey,Gugu Mbatha-Raw,Mahershala Ali,Keri Russell,Brendan Gleeson,Jacob Lofland,Brad Carter,Sean Bridgers & Kirk Bovill

Director: Gary Ross

Based on: True story of Newton Knight

After surviving the 1862 Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, Newton Knight, a poor farmer from Mississippi, leads a group of small farmers and local slaves in an armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County. Knight subsequently marries a former enslaved woman, Rachel. He establishes a mixed-race community, unique in the post-war South.Source:Wikepedia