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A civil war has engulfed the United States between the authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, and secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washington, D.C. will soon be reached on the Fourth of July by the "Western Forces" (WF) led by Texas and California, while forces of the southeast "Florida Alliance ...
Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War.
Phyllis Schlafly called it "an epic movie that presents truthful history rather than fiction or politically-correct revisionism" and promoted it as a counter-narrative to public school history classes. [23] The American Enterprise called it "not only the finest movie ever made about the Civil War, it is also the best American historical film ...
Tom Knight portrayed his father as a Civil War-era Robin Hood who refused to fight for a cause with which he disagreed. The book notably omits Newton Knight's post-war marriage to Rachel. [4]: 2 A great-niece, Ethel Knight, wrote a 1951 history entitled Echo of the Black Horn: An Authentic Tale of 'The Governor' of the 'Free State of Jones.'
Ronald F. Maxwell (born January 5, 1949) is an American filmmaker who is best known for writing and directing the American Civil War historical fiction films Gettysburg (1993), Gods and Generals (2003), and Copperhead (2013).
He attended Hightstown High School. [2] He completed his doctorate at Purdue University, studying under the historian Gunther E. Rothenberg. He specialized in Military History, the American Civil War, and the History of Technology. [3] His doctoral dissertation was The 28th USCTs: Indiana's African-Americans Go to War, 1863–1865.
All you chestbursting "Alien" goodness you need before "Alien: Romulus." The Xenomorphs are back to cause more homicides in the cosmos. With the Aug. 16 release of Alien: Romulus, starring Cailee ...
Towards the end of the American Civil War, she helped Newton Knight, grandson of John "Jackie" Knight, evade capture by Confederate forces after his desertion from the army. Newton's story was portrayed in the 2016 film Free State of Jones where Newton was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey and Rachel was depicted by Gugu Mbatha-Raw .