Free State of Jones

Social History is Revitalized in ‘Free State of Jones’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 24, 2016 - 11:57am

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CHICAGO – The United States is still fighting the Civil War, which ended in 1865. The rebellious South has never completely given away its anger and sorrow for the changes the war has wrought on them. These larger themes are examined historically in the new film, “Free State of Jones.”

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Social History is Revitalized in ‘Free State of Jones’

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