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Matthew McConaughey has a natural, faraway intensity that serves him well in his role as Newton Knight in “Free State of Jones.” The Confederate soldier waged war against his own side, leading ...

Chris Jones, whose wry, often-provocative essays have appeared on a University of Iowa blog since 2015, now has written a book called "Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture ...

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Few films have their heart in as many right places as Free State of Jones.

Given the fractious state of American politics, perhaps it's a suitable moment for a movie taking a look back at the American Civil War. However, despite heaving at the seams with good intentions and ...

Free State of Jones Free State of Jones is not one of those films. Written and directed by Gary Ross, the film revolves around the true story of Newton Knight (played by Matthew McConaughey): a ...

New on Blu-ray “Free State of Jones” (Universal DVD, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.98; also available on VOD) A fascinating, under-recognized piece of America’s past gets a coat of Hollywood gloss in ...

Much in the manner of Newton Knight, the extremely noble man at the center of “Free State of Jones,” carefully following Rachel, the slave who would one day become his common-law wife, into a ...

The Mark Twain House & Museum will host a free “extra special” Book/Mark event on Thursday, Aug. 11, featuring historian Victoria E. Bynum, author of “The Free State of Jones: Mississippi ...

“The Jones County insurrectionists were neither abolitionists nor ‘Southern Yankees,’” says Victoria Bynum, who wrote the 2001 book “The Free State of Jones: Mississippi’s Longest ...