Movie Review: Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones, STX Entertainment, 139 minutes, 2016 Presentism, introducing present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past, can infect the best efforts of movie-makers as well as historians. Gary Ross’ $50 million historical drama, sumptuously filmed and scrupulously researched, is a good example. That mistaken approach turns Free State of …

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