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“Free State of Jones” isn’t your grandfather’s Civil War movie
By
John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Synopsis: Matthew McConaughey stars in the true story of Newt Knight, a Confederate battlefield nurse who abandons what he realizes is an immoral cause and launches an internal southern rebellion comprised of former slaves, white deserters and anti-slavery women. The action-packed (and violent) tale…
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