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   Will 'Free State of Jones' become another white savior movie?

   • In interviews, Ross has insisted that he didn't want 'Free State of Jones' to become another white savior movie, but that's precisely what it is, especially during scenes when the murderous injustice of slavery is refracted through Knight's frustrated tears. ^ Newkirk II, Vann R. (June 28, 2016). "The Faux-Enlightened Free State of Jones".

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   Is free state of Jones a good movie?

   • Free State of Jones resuscitates an extremely unusual story, and for all its elisions and unexplored byways, the movie helps establish a richer history of Southern white identity—one in which there are some heroes to reclaim in addition to all of the villains.

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   Is free state of Jones based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   What is the topic of 'Free State of Jones'?

   • The film 'Free State of Jones' is about three distinct periods: the Civil War, the Reconstruction era, and the mid-twentieth-century civil-rights movement. In connecting these topics, Ross has a clear and functional intention.

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   Is free state of Jones a Drama or a narration?

   • The action in 'Free State of Jones' is less a matter of drama than of narration. Because of the rich historical research behind the movie, there's a strong temptation to delve into its details as a series of astonishing and resonant events and to tell them with the same precise assemblage that Ross lends them.

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   Is Jones County based on a true story?

   • The overall story follows the history of Jones County; some of the events portrayed are true. The film is credited as being "based on the books The Free State of Jones by Victoria E. Bynum and The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer."

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2. slate.com › culture › 2016Free State of Jones isn’t just another white savior movie.

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   Free State of Jones opens this weekend. Is it Hollywood’s latest white savior story—The Help, or The Blind Side, but for the Civil War? Or is it a valuable counter-perspective showing...

3. www.slashfilm.com › 545003 › free-state-of-jonesInterview: Why Gary Ross Spent A Decade Working On 'Free ...

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   Jun 24, 2016 · After directing The Hunger Games, Gary Ross finally got to make Free State of Jones, a longtime passion project of his. Read our Gary Ross interview.

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   Film critic Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post said, "[Director] Ross has insisted that he didn't want 'Free State of Jones' to become another white savior movie, but that's precisely what it is, especially during scenes when the murderous injustice of slavery is refracted through Knight’s frustrated tears."

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   Free State of Jones has absurdly been characterized as advancing some sort of “white savior” mythology because it honestly presents the response of common people in Mississippi, inspired by the traditions of the American Revolution, to the reactionary project of Southern secession.

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   Jun 23, 2016 · The movie to skip is Gary Ross’s Free State of Jones, the true story of a revolt of slaves and white farmers led by white Newton Knight, and told through his eyes. The year is 2016, people....

8. www.theroot.com › review-free-state-of-jones-whiteReview: Free State of Jones, White Savior or Nah? - The Root

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   Jun 23, 2016 · I expected another white-savior movie where the hero gets the post-racial bonus prize of the black girlfriend or wife for his efforts. Did seeing the film change my initial apprehensions?

9. www.newyorker.com › culture › richard-brodyThe Historical Imagination and “Free State of Jones”

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   Jun 23, 2016 · It’s tempting to shunt “Free State of Jones” into the familiar genre of the white-savior tale, but Newton Knight appears as something else—not so much as a savior but as an avatar of a...