Please see the immediately previous posting for the other trailer and more info.
This is the first official trailer.
https://youtu.be/3EMkxEKKSQI
This is the "Freedom" TV Commercial
https://youtu.be/0Wu5-A_3IIQ
This is the "Courage" TV Commercial.
https://youtu.be/oZfPBTnpTS8
Showing posts with label Free State of Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free State of Jones. Show all posts
Monday, June 06, 2016
"Free State of Jones" movie. Opening soon.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-story-behind-free-state-of-jones/
As you might imagine, the person who writes the newtknight.blogspot.com blog is planning to see this movie.
This is the website for the movie. http://stxmovies.com/freestateofjones/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctBJHH63yU Link to the movie trailer.
Click on the video to make it full screen so you can see it entirely.
As you might imagine, the person who writes the newtknight.blogspot.com blog is planning to see this movie.
This is the website for the movie. http://stxmovies.com/freestateofjones/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctBJHH63yU Link to the movie trailer.
Click on the video to make it full screen so you can see it entirely.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Free State of Jones movie to be released May 2016
The movie Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey is scheduled to be released May 2016.
The link to the movie website is http://stxmovies.com/freestateofjones/.
The You Tube video with the official trailer is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EMkxEKKSQI.
The Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/freestate.
It is about Newton Knight and his revolt in Mississippi against the Confederates during the Civil War.
As you know my URL for this blog is named after Newton Knight.
Double click on the video to see it all full screen and to not have the right side chopped off.
I see the trailer has over 1.7 million views as of 1/10/2016.
The link to the movie website is http://stxmovies.com/freestateofjones/.
The You Tube video with the official trailer is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EMkxEKKSQI.
The Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/freestate.
It is about Newton Knight and his revolt in Mississippi against the Confederates during the Civil War.
As you know my URL for this blog is named after Newton Knight.
Double click on the video to see it all full screen and to not have the right side chopped off.
I see the trailer has over 1.7 million views as of 1/10/2016.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Books about Newton Knight and The Free State of Jones.
My particular favorite about the Free State of Jones is:
"The Free State of Jones" by Victoria Bynum. I read it and it is really good. She points out how the pro- and anti-Confederate factions in the country where Knight led his resistance to the Confederacy split along class lines where upscale and slave vested interests supported the Confederacy and ordinary people didn't.
http://www.amazon.com/Free-State-Jones-Mississippis-Longest/dp/0807854670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420770405&sr=8-1&keywords=Free+State+of+jones
There are also books about other Southerners who didn't support the Confederacy.
There is "Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta" by Thomas G. Dyer.
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Yankees-Confederate-Atlanta-Society/dp/B008SLEOMI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420770691&sr=1-1
A major work on the topic was:
"Lincoln's Loyalists: Union Soldiers from the Confederacy" by Richard Nelson Current.
"The Free State of Jones" by Victoria Bynum. I read it and it is really good. She points out how the pro- and anti-Confederate factions in the country where Knight led his resistance to the Confederacy split along class lines where upscale and slave vested interests supported the Confederacy and ordinary people didn't.
http://www.amazon.com/Free-State-Jones-Mississippis-Longest/dp/0807854670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420770405&sr=8-1&keywords=Free+State+of+jones
There are also books about other Southerners who didn't support the Confederacy.
There is "Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta" by Thomas G. Dyer.
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Yankees-Confederate-Atlanta-Society/dp/B008SLEOMI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420770691&sr=1-1
A major work on the topic was:
"Lincoln's Loyalists: Union Soldiers from the Confederacy" by Richard Nelson Current.
"Entertainment Weekly" reports that Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been cast for the movie "Free State of Jones"
Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been cast as Newton Knight's love in the the movie project "The Free State of Jones."
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/06/casting-net-gugu-mbatha-raw-joins-matthew-mcconaughey-in-free-state-of-jones/
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/06/casting-net-gugu-mbatha-raw-joins-matthew-mcconaughey-in-free-state-of-jones/
Movie about Newton Knight about to begin production
The movie is going to be titled "The Free State of Jones."
The producers are now lining up talent for the movie. The following is an article in the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/entertainment/2015/01/07/matthew-mcconaughey-actors-models-mississippi/21395657/
The story of southerners who opposed the Confederacy is largely not known to the public. This movie will results in a significant change in popular historical memory. The movie will first be released and show in theaters, then it will be available as a DVD, then it will be shown on television both broadcast and cable. Then it will be on Netflix and Hulu. It will be one of the movies shown on cable to fill channels.
Film critics will review it. There will be articles about southerners who were against the Confederacy. The public will be aware that areas in the South that were not supportive of the Confederacy were areas where there wasn't a lot of slavery. The connection between slavery and support for secession and the Confederacy will become manifest. Some people will purchase books on southern resistance to the Confederacy.
Some people will be interested in looking up ancestors who resisted the Confederacy.
The neo-Confederate idea that South = Confederacy will lose a lot of credibility with the general public. The Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War will also lose credibility with the general public.
Additionally, the neo-Confederates will be in a bind. If they publicly condemn the movie they will draw attention to it. If they don't oppose it the movie will still grind down the Lost Cause.
Previous blog about the movie.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/01/movie-planned-to-portray-life-of-newt.html#.VK85nyvF_UU
The producers are now lining up talent for the movie. The following is an article in the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/entertainment/2015/01/07/matthew-mcconaughey-actors-models-mississippi/21395657/
The story of southerners who opposed the Confederacy is largely not known to the public. This movie will results in a significant change in popular historical memory. The movie will first be released and show in theaters, then it will be available as a DVD, then it will be shown on television both broadcast and cable. Then it will be on Netflix and Hulu. It will be one of the movies shown on cable to fill channels.
Film critics will review it. There will be articles about southerners who were against the Confederacy. The public will be aware that areas in the South that were not supportive of the Confederacy were areas where there wasn't a lot of slavery. The connection between slavery and support for secession and the Confederacy will become manifest. Some people will purchase books on southern resistance to the Confederacy.
Some people will be interested in looking up ancestors who resisted the Confederacy.
The neo-Confederate idea that South = Confederacy will lose a lot of credibility with the general public. The Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War will also lose credibility with the general public.
Additionally, the neo-Confederates will be in a bind. If they publicly condemn the movie they will draw attention to it. If they don't oppose it the movie will still grind down the Lost Cause.
Previous blog about the movie.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/01/movie-planned-to-portray-life-of-newt.html#.VK85nyvF_UU
Thursday, January 01, 2015
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.
Here is a good source for historical information about Newton Knight.
I am looking forward to this movie.
Victoria Bynum has written a good book on Newton Knight. http://www.free-state-of-jones.com/
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