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After rescuing a boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death. (Rated PG-13)
Sound of Freedom is a true story film that exposes the darkness of child trafficking. A federal agent saves a boy from traffickers, but his sister is still captive. He embarks on a dangerous mission, risking his life to free her from a fate worse than death.
While working for the government, Tim Ballard saw how much more was needed in the fight against child trafficking and exploitation across the world. In 2013, he and a team of former government operatives left the security of their careers to accomplish the work of empowering rescuing children by founding a private foundation – Operation Underground Railroad. Sound of Freedom is based on some of the first operations.
The Sound of Freedom focuses on a high-stakes drama, showing Ballard (played by The Passion of the Christ’s Jim Caviezel) and his partners working with local government officials in South America to lure pimps and pedophiles and rescue the children in their clutches before it’s too late.
Human trafficking is the second most profitable illegal industry in the U.S., second only to the drug trade. There is an estimated 49.6 million people in human trafficking, of which 27.6 million are in forced labor or sex trafficking.
The movie does not hide from its faith-based roots. The refrain, “God’s children are not for sale,” reminds us that the rights and dignity of human beings derive from GOD.
The film has been the talk of the town due to the controversy surrounding it. The film’s distributor, Angel Studios, announced Sound of Freedom’s theatrical release comes more than five years after the film’s completion.
Even though the film only just hit cinemas July Fourth, development on the script started all the way back in 2015. It was shot three years later, during which time a distribution deal was made with the 20th Century Fox movie studio.
But when the Disney-Fox merger went ahead, Disney shelved the project. What ensued was an alleged battle for the filmmakers to set Sound of Freedom free.
According to Angel Studios CEO and Co-Founder Neal Harmon, the film’s director spent over a year before Disney released the rights to the film. After that, COVID hit, and another three years passed.
Sound of Freedom shocked the box office on on its opening weekend with its No. 1 opening day finish, beating Disney’s latest Indiana Jones film.
Actor Jim Caviezel comments, “Schindler’s List was a very powerful weapon, but it came fifty years too late. This film (Sound of Freedom) is now, this is exposing it now during that time. And I believe that is probably why it is easier to get an actor to do a movie fifty years later. There’s no controversy.”
The Bottom Line:
The Bible says in Mark Chapter Nine, “If anyone causes one of these little one-those who believe in me- to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.”
View the video trailer for the “Sound of Freedom,” produced by Angel Studios below (2:37 min)
