After surviving the 1862 Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, Newton Knight, a poor farmer from Mississippi, leads a group of small farmers and local slaves in an armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County. Knight subsequently marries former slave, Rachel. He establishes a mixed-race community, unique to the post-war South.

During the Civil War, a Southern farmer (Matthew McConaughey) joins forces with a group of slaves to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy.

Release date: March 11, 2016 (USA)
Director: Gary Ross
Story by: Leonard Hartman
Music composed by: Nicholas Britell
Screenplay: Gary Ross