Movie planned to portray life of Newt Night, rebel against the Confederacy in Mississippi

The URL for this blog is newtknight.blogspot.com.

The movie is to star the popular article Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight. 

The following are some articles about the movie project. 

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/06/matthew-mcconaughey-play-anti-slavery-newton-knight

http://deadline.com/2014/11/matthew-mcconaughey-gary-ross-free-state-of-jones-stx-entertainment-1201268420/

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/11/12/matthew-mcconaughey-play-mississippi-anti-slavery-renegade/18928311/

Here is a good source for historical information about Newton Knight.

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/309/newton-knight-and-the-legend-of-the-free-state-of-jones

I am looking forward to this movie. 

Victoria Bynum has written a good book on Newton Knight. http://www.free-state-of-jones.com/