Who Is Jim Caviezel, and What Is “Sound of Freedom”?

My VIP for this week is Jim Caviezel, star of “Sound of Freedom,” a new film made to empower watchers to fight human trafficking across the world. Another purpose for the video is to encourage whistleblowers to come forward and testify to what they have seen and heard. In an article published in The Daily Signal, Mary Margaret Olohan reported the following: 

Caviezel and his co-actor Eduardo Verastegui, rumored to be pondering a presidential bid in Mexico, shared all this and more in a June interview with The Daily Signal…..

Both actors, who are Catholic and vocally pro-life, stressed the connections between sex trafficking and pornography, open borders, and abortion. They hope that the movie will shake viewers from apathy into action to aid victims of human trafficking across the globe.

“This movie has a power because it goes into your heart and it asks you a question,” Calviezel said. “When this is all done, what are you gonna do? You’re going to have to meet God at some point. And I believe it’s going to move a lot of whistleblowers to come forward.”

“That will bring an end to this whole thing,” he predicted.

“Sound of Freedom” is based on the true story of former United States government agent Tim Ballard, founder of Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit that fights against child sex slavery. Ballard, who worked for the CIA and then the Department of Homeland Security, has worked undercover in many different countries to fight, infiltrate, and combat child trafficking organizations.

According to Angel Studios, which has the licensing rights to “Sound of Freedom,” the purpose of the film is to “put a spotlight on the global movement to end the trafficking of minors by successfully distributing this film to a worldwide audience.”

According to Olohan’s report, the film is crowd funded and will be in theaters in time for Independence Day, the Fourth of July. Tickets are selling so well that the movie is outselling “Indiana Jones” by 25%. More screens continue to be added in an effort to give freedom to the kids on America’s Independence Day.