Free State of Jones (2016)
Directed by Gary Ross
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
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The lovely English actress Mbatha-Raw (from Belle) projects a wounded dignity as Rachel, Oakland native Mahershala Ali steals every scene he’s in as the escaped slave Moses, and the young, scared character of Newton’s nephew Daniel (played by Jacob Lofland) brings to mind what may be the best of all possible Civil War films, John Huston’s The Red Badge of Courage.