Review of Free State of Jones (2016) by Vann R. Newkirk for The Atlantic — 10 Jul 2016
A better film would have muddled the clean white-savior narrative with an actual exploration of what the racial politics of a mixed-race insurgency in the South might have been like.
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This review of Free State of Jones (2016) was written by Vann R. Newkirk and published by The Atlantic on 10 Jul 2016.
Free State of Jones has generally received positive reviews.
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