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In Gary Ross’s drama, a 19th-century deserter becomes a hero for today.
When the word emancipation turns up in the narrative titles of Free State of Jones, a new Civil War drama, it's enclosed in quotation marks. That skeptical touch is only a sign of our times—growing racial tension in the U.S., stoked by police killings of unarmed black citizens, the rollback of voting rights, and the ongoing injustice of the drug war, have created an appetite for fresh views of American slavery and more critical assessments of its legacy.…
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In Gary Ross’s drama, a 19th-century deserter becomes a hero for today.
When the word emancipation turns up in the narrative titles of Free State of Jones, a new Civil War drama, it's enclosed in quotation marks. That skeptical touch is only a sign of our times—growing racial tension in the U.S., stoked by police killings of unarmed black citizens, the rollback of voting rights, and the ongoing injustice of the drug war, have created an appetite for fresh views of American slavery and more critical assessments of its legacy.…
