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A Mississippi grand jury has declined to charge anyone in the death of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old whose body was found near Horn Island two days after a Fourth of July boating trip. For his family, the decision leaves the central question unanswered: How did Nolan die?

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     Peter (Will Smith) is a slave in 1863, on a cotton/onion plantation in rural Louisiana. He’s whipped by an overseer, bullied for his defiant behavior, separated from his wife and children, and sent to work on the railroads. Hearing that President Lincoln has issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Peter and other captives escape and head towards Baton Rouge seeking out Union soldiers who control the city. Chased for ten days by slave hunters and tracked by dogs through a labyrinth of bayous, his goal is to find freedom and reunite with his family.

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