It transcends the time and period when this story takes place. Apart from the brilliant cinematography and direction, this movie has a unique perspective to dealing with a subject as sensitive as this. Use of traditional as well as original songs bring a noticeable gravity to the narrative. No wonder it comes from the director of The Hunger Games! Another striking quality of the movie is the soundtrack. It has a slew of characters like in any historical drama but thankfully all are in proper proportions. There are also very astute performances from Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mahershala Ali. He is John Woodroof, he is Newton Knight. Mathew McConaughey is often joked about for his intense style but in this role is where you can see why he's an Academy Award winner. Free State of Jones is a very entertaining film for its performances. Its very clear in intention, much like Newton Knight, who's life this movie is based on. It doesn't try to distract us with metaphors and confusing moralities. There's no ifs and buts that blur the issue of freedom. Free State Of Jones puts it quite succinctly and with absolute conviction.
It's ultimately the conflict between empowered and the weak. Slavery is a function of economics alone. That's where slavery comes into the picture. While it aims to improve the status of mankind, it also requires lot of labour. What is a society that knows the price of a man but not his worth as a human being? Probably that's the irony of being an industrial civilization.
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