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Rachel Knight (1840 - February 11, 1889) was the African-American common-law wife to Newton Knight (1829-1922). In 1881 she was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . She was depicted by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Gary Ross ' 2016 feature film Free State of Jones .
Newton Knight was born near the Leaf River in Jones County, Mississippi, most likely in November 1837, to Albert Knight and his wife. His birth year has been recorded by his son, Tom Knight, in a biography as 1830, and his grandniece, Ethel Knight, wrote that he was born in 1829.
One of the colonists gave birth to a "Chestburster", which was set ablaze by Sergeant Apone (Al Matthews), which woke the aliens and attacked the marines. As the marine squadron was being massacred by the aliens, Hicks, along with Privates Hudson (Bill Paxton) and Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) were able to escape back to the APC with Newt.
Ripley finds the colony’s sole survivor, 10-year-old Newt (Carrie Henn), whom she takes as a surrogate daughter before battling the Alien Queen, a 15ft creature of multi-limbed motherly rage.
Her testimony regarding the Alien is met with extreme skepticism; she loses her space flight license as a result of her "questionable judgment," and finds out that her daughter, Amanda, has died of old age. However, after contact is lost with a colony on LV-426 (the planet where her crew first encountered the Alien eggs), Ripley accompanies a ...
With the Aug. 16 release of Alien: Romulus, starring Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, fans may be [chest]bursting with excitement to revisit all the movies within the extensive Alien timeline.
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In Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley, a 2004 literary analysis of the Alien franchise, Jason Smith and Ximena Gallardo-C. describe Burke as a "monster" who is the by-product of organizational culture and willing to have Ripley and Newt impregnated for capital gain because of their "'natural' wombs". [42]