Movie about Newton Knight coming in 2016!

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The story about Newton Knight, a white southerner who definitely had been on the right side of history during the Civil War, is coming to the silver screen next year! And the role of this gallant man, who had deserted from the Confederate army, and led a guerrilla band of fellow deserters and escaped slaves against Confederate rule in Mississippi, who did his part during Reconstruction, then married a black lady when it was illegal in that state, has gone to Mathew McConnaughey. Knight had long been neglected by history, save for the Jim Crow era bigots who called him a "traitor to his country, and a traitor to his race." I'm overjoyed that his story will finally be known to millions, and especially that he is being played by such an outstanding actor as McConnaughey.
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