Starring Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Beyond the Lights), Keri Russell (Mission Impossible III, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Mahershala Ali (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2), Free State of Jones tells the incredible true story of Newton Knight and his rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. Directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Pleasantville), Free State of Jones is released in UK cinemas on September 30th 2016.