Category: Sound of Freedom

DOJ Quietly Removes Child Sex Trafficking Information From Its Website

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has quietly taken down a series of sections from its website related to both domestic and international child sex trafficking, including a portion that offers information about U.S. minors being “recruited and exploited” into the commercial sex industry. According to an archived version of the website, the agency previously provided…


What the Heck Is This QAnon?

Commentary Last week I took an unusual trip to the cinema because finally it was showing something worth seeing. It was “The Sound of Freedom,” directed by Alejandro Monteverde and starring Jim Caviezel. The movie tells the real-life story of Tim Ballar, a special agent for Homeland Security and his work to rescue kids from…


‘The Sound of Freedom’ Is a Thunderclap Call to Action

Commentary “Sound of Freedom,” the Jim Caviezel film about Homeland Security agent Tim “Timoteo” Ballard’s relentless pursuit of a child who was trafficked in Colombia, has stunned Hollywood, both critically and financially. Variety, the industry trade paper, reports the Angel Studio production earned an average of $11,368 at each of the 2,850 theaters at which it…


‘Sound of Freedom’ Motivates Canadians Against Human Trafficking

The newly released movie “Sound of Freedom” is raising Canadian awareness of human trafficking and motivating people to respond, say two longtime advocates who work to combat the trade in humans. The drama, based on true events, tells the story of Tim Ballard, an employee for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who rescues young…


Child Sex Trafficking Is Not a Conspiracy: Former FBI Agent Marc Ruskin

The movie “Sound of Freedom” is topping the box office in the United States. The independent film from Angel Studios is even beating Indiana Jones. Yet establishment news outlets are now attacking the film. Why? The movie is a dramatic story of exposing global child sex trafficking, and legacy news media are claiming this is…


UFC President Offers Employees Free Tickets to See ‘Sound of Freedom,’ Calls on Other Executives to Do the Same

The president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Dana White, is offering his employees free tickets to go see “Sound of Freedom,” a film based on true events surrounding efforts to combat human trafficking. “There’s a new movie out called ‘The Sound of Freedom,’ and it’s about human trafficking,” Mr. White began a Twitter video…


‘God’s Children Are Not for Sale’: Eduardo Verástegui on the Success of ‘Sound of Freedom’

An independent film through Angel Studios is beating Hollywood at the box office. The movie, “Sound of Freedom,” follows a story about child sex trafficking along the U.S.–Mexico border. Here to speak with us about this is the film’s producer, Eduardo Verastegui, who also stars in the movie. …


‘Sound of Freedom’ Tops Box Office on Fourth of July Opening Day

“Sound of Freedom,” a new human trafficking action film, achieved the top spot at the box office in America on its opening day, the Fourth of July. According to Box Office Mojo, a website that tracks box-office revenue, “Sound of Freedom” took the spot for the highest grossing film on July 4, at $14.24 million. In second spot was…


Film Review: ‘Sound of Freedom’: A Must-See

2023 | PG-13 | 2h 15m | Action, Biography, Drama As an admitted cinephile and a film reviewer who’s seen thousands of films, I recall only one about child trafficking: 2019’s actioner “Rambo: Last Blood,” starring Sylvester Stallone. But now, there’s a much more powerful and much more realistic film on the topic: the July…


Jim Caviezel Calls ‘Sound of Freedom’ His Most Important Film Since ‘The Passion of the Christ’

Actor Jim Caviezel is known for his dozens of roles on the big screen, including his most notable performance as Jesus Christ in “The Passion of the Christ” in 2004. In his latest film, “Sound of Freedom,” Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security agent who rescues a young boy from child…