Free State of Jones dramatizes the remarkable story of Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a poor Mississippi farmer who led a counter-rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War. An Army ...

Newton Knight, the Mississippi-farmer-turned-Confederate-deserter-turned-guerrilla-leader played by Matthew McConaughey in “Free State of Jones,” is a historical figure of some controversy. He’s ...

Behind the historic events that inspired Matthew McConaughey's new movie, Free State of Jones Free State of Jones brings to life one of the Civil War’s most extraordinary and counterintuitive episodes ...

The new Civil War drama Free State of Jones puts a Mississippi farmer in the middle of a fight against slavery but also amid the horrors of battle. Directed by Gary Ross and in theaters Friday, the ...

In the first trailer for the Free State of Jones, Matthew McConaughey grows a scraggly beard to play Newton Knight, a farmer from Mississippi who abandoned the Confederacy and organized an armed ...

The Civil War is the backdrop for the new Matthew McConaughey movie Free State of Jones, in theaters June 24. McConaughey plays Newton Knight, a Southerner who deserts the Confederate Army and leads ...

It’s a long way from Hollywood, yet a swampy corner of southeast Mississippi has given the film world its latest hero – or maybe antihero. His name is Newton Knight, born 180 years ago and played by ...

Newton Knight, the real-life figure behind Matthew McConaughey's Civil War drama "The Free State of Jones," is an undeniably controversial fellow. So it stands to reason that the movie about him has ...

Matthew McConaughey stars as Newton Knight, the Mississippi farmer who led a rebellion against the Confederacy from the inside with the help of renegade slaves. By Todd McCarthy A compelling and ...