Sound of Freedom: New Film Exposes the Dark Truths of Human Trafficking

Summary

このビデオスクリプトでは、トニー・ロビンズがホストするポッドキャストに、人身売買に立ち向かうプロジェクトに取り組む親友ティム・バラードと、エンジェル・スタジオの共同創設者がゲスト出演します。彼らは「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」という新作映画について語り、これはティムの実話に基づくアクションスリラー映画です。映画は、政府のエージェントだった男が子供たちを救うために自らを捧げる物語を描いています。また、人身売買というテーマを取り上げ、視聴者に行動を促すことを目指しています。ポッドキャストでは、映画の制作背景、キャスト、そしてこの重要な問題に光を当てることの重要性について深く掘り下げています。

Takeaways

• 😢 This transcript discusses the important issue of human trafficking and the need to raise more awareness of it
• 😡 Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal activities globally
• 🤔 The film 'Sound of Freedom' starring Jim Caviezel aims to highlight this issue and drive change
• 👍 Tony Robbins and his community raised over $19 million to help rescue trafficking victims
• 🙌 The 'Angel Studios' platform uses innovative crowdfunding and grassroots methods to promote films like 'Sound of Freedom'
• 😥 Over 2 million children are trafficked per year - the goal is get 2 million viewers opening weekend
• 😀 The film shares the true story of Tim Ballard's mission to rescue trafficked children
• ❤️ Proper aftercare to help rescued victims heal and rebuild their lives is so important
• 🤝 More awareness and prioritization of fighting trafficking is needed from governments globally
• ☮️ With enough focus and resources, organizations can work together to solve this human rights crisis

Q & A

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の映画はどのようなテーマを扱っていますか？

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」は、人身売買とその被害者を救出することに焦点を当てたアクションスリラー映画です。この映画は、実際の出来事に基づいており、政府のエージェントとして働いていた男性が子供たちを救うために自身のキャリアを捨てた実話に基づいています。

映画「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」で取り上げられている人身売買の問題はどの程度深刻ですか？

映画では、人身売買が国際犯罪ネットワークとして急速に拡大しており、違法な武器取引を超え、やがては麻薬取引をも上回る可能性があると述べられています。これは、子供を含む人々が性的搾取や労働のために売買される非常に深刻な問題を示しています。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の映画におけるティム・バラードの役割は何ですか？

ティム・バラードは、人身売買の被害者を救出することに人生を捧げた元政府エージェントです。この映画は、彼の実生活に基づいており、特にコロンビアでのケースに焦点を当てています。

映画「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の制作にあたり、なぜジム・カヴィーゼルが主役に選ばれましたか？

ジム・カヴィーゼルが主役に選ばれた理由は、彼が以前に演じた役割や彼の信仰の深さから、この難しい役割を演じるにあたって適切な人物と考えられたからです。彼の過去の作品や個人的な信念が、この映画のテーマに非常に適合していると制作者たちは感じました。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の映画を通じて、観客にどのような影響を与えたいと制作側は考えていますか？

制作側は、この映画を通じて人身売買の実態に光を当て、観客にこの問題に対する認識を高め、行動を促すことを望んでいます。また、映画を観た人が感動し、問題解決のために何か行動を起こすきっかけになることを目指しています。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の映画のプロモーションにおいて、どのような戦略が採用されていますか？

映画のプロモーションには、事前チケット販売、ソーシャルメディアを通じた拡散、インフルエンサーや有名人による支援、そして観客が他の観客にチケットを「先払い」することで、映画を見る機会を他の人々に提供するという戦略が採用されています。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」映画の興行収入に関する目標は何ですか？

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の興行収入に関する主な目標は、2百万人の人々を映画館に引きつけ、人身売買に対する意識を高め、この問題に対する世界的な認識と行動を促すことです。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」に登場する救出された子供たちのアフターケアはどのように行われていますか？

独立系映画のアプローチが採用されたのは、より大きなスタジオや伝統的な映画制作の方法ではなく、より個人的で実話に基づいたストーリーを語る自由度が高いためです。また、この問題に対する真摯な取り組みをよりよく反映するためでもあります。

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」映画の公開日とその意義は何ですか？

「サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の公開日は7月4日で、アメリカの独立記念日に合わせられています。この日付は、自由と人権の重要性を象徴し、映画のテーマと同様に、人々が自由を享受し、尊重されるべきであるというメッセージを強調しています。

Outlines

00:00

🎙️ 人身売買問題に焦点を当てたトニー・ロビンスのポッドキャスト

トニー・ロビンスは、人身売買という題材を扱った特別なポッドキャストを紹介しています。ゲストには、この問題に取り組む友人のティム・バラードと、エンジェル・スタジオの共同創設者が登場。彼らは「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」という実話に基づいた映画を紹介し、その内容と影響について話しています。トニーはまた、人身売買防止のために自身が関わった慈善活動についても言及しています。

05:02

🛑 ティム・バラードの奮闘と家族の支援

ティム・バラードは、コロンビアでの任務中に直面した人身売買の実情と、それに立ち向かうために家族の支援を得て政府機関を離れた経緯を語ります。彼の妻は彼が任務を続けることを強く支持し、ティムはこの困難な決断を通じてどのようにして人身売買と戦ってきたかを共有します。また、映画「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」が彼の経験をどのように描いているかについても触れています。

10:04

🎬 映画「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の製作背景

ティム・バラードとジョーダン・ハーモンは、映画「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の製作背景について話し合います。彼らは映画がどのようにして実現したか、そして映画に込められたメッセージと意図について詳細を共有します。また、映画のキャスト選考プロセスと、主要な役者たちがこのプロジェクトにどのように関わったかについても語ります。

15:05

🌟 映画の影響力と目的

ジョーダン・ハーモンは映画「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」の社会的影響とその目的について語ります。彼は、映画が観客に与える感動と、それによって社会に広がる可能性のある変化について述べています。また、映画がどのようにして人々の意識を高め、行動を促すかについても触れています。

20:06

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ティム・バラードの個人的な体験と家族の成長

ティム・バラードは、自身の家族と人身売買に関わる仕事との関係について語り、特にハイチでの救出作戦後に養子に迎えた子供たちの話を共有します。彼は、これらの経験がどのようにして自分の人生と価値観に影響を与えたかについて詳しく語り、救出された子供たちがどのようにして新しい人生を歩み始めるかについても触れています。

25:09

🌍 人身売買問題への国際的な対応

ティム・バラードとジョーダン・ハーモンは、人身売買というグローバルな問題に対する国際的な対応と、映画「ザ・サウンド・オブ・フリーダム」がいかにしてこの問題に光を当てるかについて議論します。彼らは、人々の意識を高めることの重要性と、政府や組織が取り組むべき優先事項についての見解を共有しています。

30:09

👼 救出された子供たちのアフターケアと回復

ティム・バラードは、救出された子供たちがどのようにして新しい生活を始めるか、そしてアフターケアと回復の重要性について詳しく説明します。彼は、自身が養子に迎えた子供たちの例を挙げながら、これらの子供たちが直面する課題と、彼らがどのようにして過去を乗り越え、希望を見出しているかを共有しています。

Keywords

💡人身売買

ビデオのテーマの中心。子どもが性的搾取や強制労働のために売買されている非人道的で違法な活動。ビデオでは、この重大な問題への認識を高めることが強調されている。

💡救出活動

人身売買から子どもたちを救い出すための作戦。ビデオ内の主人公であるティム・バラードが行なっている。多数の子どもの命が救われている。

💡アフターケア

救出された子どもたちの回復と社会復帰のための心理社会的な支援。カウンセリングや生活訓練などが含まれる。成功例として、救出された子どもの一人が人身売買の被害者である母親とその赤ん坊を救出した例が紹介されている。

💡認知度向上

人身売買への認知と関心を高めることが解決策の鍵であるとされている。映画『サウンド・オブ・フリーダム』はその目的で製作された作品であり、多くの人に鑑賞してもらうことが目標とされている。

💡資金調達

人身売買対策には多額の資金が必要である。ビデオ内でトニー・ロビンズが自発的に250万ドルのマッチング寄付を行った例が紹介されている。

💡法執行機関

人身売買撲滅のためには、法執行機関による取り締まりの強化が不可欠であるとされている。しかしながら、現在は麻薬取締に比べても人的リソースが非常に小さいのが実情である。

💡政治的対応

政治的な対応によってこの問題に対する優先順位が上がることが期待されている。市民の声を上げて政治家に働きかけることが重要だとされている。

💡国際的な広がり

子どもの性的搾取を目的とした人身売買ネットワークは世界中に広がっており、拉致された子どもは遠く離れた国々に不法に移送されているケースもあるとされている。グローバルな視点が欠かせない。

💡希望

かつて奴隷制度が存在したが最終的には撲滅されたように、人身売買もまた撲滅可能であるという希望が表明されている。市民一人一人の意識と行動が重要である。

💡協力

この目的達成には、官民が協力して、様々な人身売買対策団体を支援していくことが必要不可欠であるとされている。個々の組織よりも、この問題そのものの撲滅を優先すべきだと主張されている。

Highlights

Tony Robbins introduces Tim Ballard and discusses the film 'Sound of Freedom', addressing human trafficking.

Tim Ballard left government service to save children from trafficking, inspired 'Sound of Freedom'.

Robbins raised $19 million to fight human trafficking, contributing to the rescue of 28,000 children.

Ballard's emotional commitment led him to create Operation Underground Railroad, inspired by his wife's support.

Jim Caviezel was chosen to play Tim Ballard in 'Sound of Freedom' for his deep, personal connection to the subject.

The film 'Sound of Freedom' is based on a true story, aiming to bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking.

Robbins and Ballard's personal missions align with raising awareness and funds to combat child trafficking.

Jordan Harmon from Angel Studios discusses the power of storytelling in driving social change.

'Sound of Freedom' aims to inspire action against human trafficking, highlighting the importance of individual and collective effort.

The strategy for distributing 'Sound of Freedom' involves crowdfunding and engaging a community to support its message.

The film's release is set to compete with major blockbusters, aiming to draw attention to the fight against trafficking.

Robbins emphasizes the transformative power of firsthand experience in understanding and combating human trafficking.

Ballard shares stories of successful rescues and the critical importance of aftercare for survivors.

The discussion underscores the urgent need for prioritizing the fight against human trafficking at all levels of society.

'Sound of Freedom' is seen as a catalyst for change, encouraging viewers to take action in the global fight against child trafficking.

Transcripts

well welcome to the Tony Robbins podcast

this is a really important special

podcast I'm going to introduce you to a

dear dear friend of mine who's been

working on a project that really makes a

difference in the world you hear people

talk about it all the time but we have

all kinds of crises we face but one of

the most ugliest subject no one wants to

talk about is human trafficking and I've

got a dear friend named Tim Ballard

that's going to be joining us here along

with one of the co-founders of Angel

Studios because they have a brand new

film coming out here and it's called the

sound of Freedom it is not a movie it is

a film it is an action thriller but it's

based on the true story of Tim's life a

man who left the government as an agent

decided he was going to go save these

children and you know you read a lot of

see a lot of films at the beginning it

says you know based on a true story this

film is the true story and I had the

privilege of being one of the many

executive producers of this film but I'm

here to share it with you because it is

a mission for all of us to reach more

people many of you know sage and I have

we took my 60th birthday for example and

used it to raise funds in this area and

I was really grateful to have the help

of so many of you we raised 19 million

dollars that day that night 14 million

from you and sage and I put in five and

now along with operation Underground

Railroad and several other groups like

free a girl and the marici foundation

over in Indonesia and in India we've

been able to participate in funding 28

000 of these rescues I've actually gone

out on some so we'll touch on that but I

thought before we started never done

this before is to show you the trailer

of the film so you really get a sense

that something you want to go see and

also take anyone you know to go see as

well so let's start just for a quick

second with that

[Music]

foreign

I don't think I can do this job Tim

as soon as I lay down

[Music]

all these feel those kids faces

how long have you been doing this

12 years

how do you do it

[Music]

it is the fastest growing International

crime Network that the world has ever

seen

it has already passed the illegal arm

straight and soon it's going to pass the

drug trade

with us

[Music]

imagine walking into a room right now

singing after bed

for Homeland Security you know we can't

go off rescuing kids in Colombia

territory

piece of chest put those pieces back

together

we're talking about extracting and

living your girl from an army of rebels

not just her I'm talking about rescuing

hundreds of kids she could be a block

down the road or she could be in Moscow

Bangkok L.A

over 2 million children New York they're

being sucked into the deepest recesses

of hell

we did nothing

someday it's gonna reach the likes of

you

[Music]

what if this was your daughter

[Music]

pretty powerful huh well today I'm going

to share with you and introduce you now

my dear friend Tim Ballard from

operation Underground Railroad the man

whose story this is really about and

also Jordan Harmon who is the co-founder

of Angel Studios many of you may know it

because they also created The Chosen

welcome gentlemen thank you for having

us

Tim you and our buddies we've gone on

our trips together had a lot of

experiences together would you share

with everyone how this journey really

began for you and what this film is

really about yeah and thanks so much

Tony you you've been such a great friend

great supporter you are our largest

donor to date you really are and and and

your community as well so thank you to

all of them and your audience and

um so this this this film

um is is depicts a real uh live event a

real event that happened to me and my

family when we were I spent 12 years in

the government as a special agent

undercover operator uh 10 years on the

border and we I got involved in a case

uh in Colombia that

um required me to kind of push the

limits a little further than I was

probably supposed to

um got myself committed emotionally and

otherwise and and I was told come home

because there's no jurisdiction here

um we're not satisfied with the amount

of evidence you've provided and we're

running out of money and come home and I

was devastated you know because

I knew that um if I stayed we could

finish it and I called my wife and

she says you're not coming you're not

coming home yeah yeah you're staying

there and I said what I I mean I thought

it was a good idea until she didn't

agree with you know I thought it was a

great idea to stay until she told me I

had to stay I thought she was going to

give you the the out yeah like hey come

on home come on home

I would have but my wife just wouldn't

let me and I'm like what are you doing

you're not reading the right lines here

so I didn't start fighting my own

position arguing with her and she ends

the debate and this didn't get into the

film because they were trying to

establish my reputation because I would

have looked really like the coward that

I was in that moment but she said to me

these are a direct quote she said I will

not let you jeopardize my salvation by

not doing this

wow wow that ended the debate and then

we and then we plunged into this crazy

case and that's kind of the beginning of

of the sound of freedom and what happens

next is pretty insane

well we don't want to give away the

whole story obviously to get an

experience of it but uh your wife is an

angel I know and you're you're far from

a coward you've I've been out on it

you're putting your life on the line

every single time Tim and I have such

respect for you what I love about this

film is that it takes on a subject

that's so difficult to talk about but it

turns it into the true story that it is

I mean there's some details in there you

and I both know that people think it's a

manipulation to make the movie work and

it's exactly as it happened but also I

think it's really beautiful to see uh

the role that Jim Caviezel plays in this

he he really plays it well tell me a

little bit why did you pick him I know

you were a fan of his work from some of

the previous work he did with the

passion of Christ and and I think the

kind of much Cristo tell us why'd you

get him involved why did you pick him

and how did you get him to join you on

this incredible journey of this film

well after the operation that went down

in October 2014 it made the pr it made

it made national news and we actually

started getting uh inquiries from many

big studios and my wife was just like no

no she didn't feel good about him I

trust her obviously I've already

expressed so I trust her opinion greatly

on these things and

um and then we got hit up by by the

Reich folks and she felt right about it

um but that feeling was always important

to me and when they asked me who do you

want to play you uh right out of the

gate Jim Caviezel one because the county

Monte Cristo was one of my favorite

movies of all time also I know that he's

a person of faith and you know Tony how

important that is to me it's everything

to me I wouldn't do anything if I didn't

believe that piece and you know when

you're picking Hollywood actors I I

don't know who has that that that

internal kind of light that that that

spirituality is so important to me but I

knew Jim did I knew he did and so that's

the main reason and I think he I it

proved to be the right the right the

right person for the job I mean I think

when you watch the film he says more

with his eyes than he does with his

mouth and and that's that spiritual side

that that's the reason I chose him and

it's it's probably the greatest

what's like Jordan I'm sorry I said it's

probably one of the greatest

performances of his career it's

incredible yeah

yeah I think this will be a nominee for

Academy Award I'm obviously close to it

but everyone I've shown it to who's in

that uh level of the filmmaking business

says this is not a movie this is a film

and this is it's deeply moving uh you

can't watch this film and not be deeply

impacted by it uh Jim does one thing to

like you but he certainly has your heart

and your soul uh why do you think he

took the film I know he has some

personal reasons for it why don't you

share with me what they were if you

don't mind yeah it was so crazy because

you know they they went to him and they

thought they'd get the typical like talk

to my manager you'll hear from us in a

few months

the producer who's also a friend of

yours obviously Tony and he he just said

he texted him right away he said Tim

wants this text him he happened to have

his number and he said let's meet

tonight he met that night he he before

he read the script he was in tears

because Jim had

um and I can say this now because he

started to say it finally but he adopted

three children from China and he adopted

them out of trafficking situations so he

it was so near and dear I had no idea I

had no idea when I when I asked him to

do this and so he was committed from day

one and he is committed I mean he's been

we talk all the time about it he cares

so deeply about it he wants to be an

ambassador forever

that's so gorgeous and I'm curious when

you first read the script and I want to

hear your response this obviously Jordan

because you're the one helping to make

this happen now uh you know Alejandro

Monte Verde is a dear friend of mine as

well he started reading my stuff when he

was 17 and turned him around he said he

decided to become a filmmaker because

this thing I didn't know that that is

awesome

his very first film was Bella and he he

won the Toronto Film Festival with it uh

so when he found I was involved with

this he got so emotional I got so

emotional hearing the beautiful story of

his but he's an incredible writer an

incredible director tell me a little bit

about what did you feel because this is

your life when you read this script and

then Jordan I'd like to hear what you've

been because you have a different

perspective you're looking at as a

filmmaker per se tell me what your

experience was Tim well I was surprised

at the courage they had to to to tell

certain pieces of this story that I

thought were too crazy because they're

true but I thought I don't want to look

like we're being Sensational but the

truth is you know sometimes Sensational

things are true you know and and and for

example the necklace you're going to

hear about this necklace that was so

personal to me I won't tell you the

story but it's it's you see in the

trailer that's a real story I mean even

including my name was on the necklace

that the child gave me

um Alejandro he he's able to put these

things in

um that I didn't think should be in as I

read the script and I thought this is a

bad idea but then I watched it oh my

gosh you pulled it off or how do you

explain to people what child sexual

abuse is without ever showing anything

related to child sex abuse and yet he

does it because he's a he's a genius you

get just enough punch in the stomach to

know what it is but you don't get

exposed to any footage that would you

know turn on a pedophile to say so his

ability to integrate all these aspects

in into something that's art was pretty

fantastic to me you know something

Alejandro actually always says is he

says I want my films

when people get to the end

or the for the movement and the

experience of the film to just start

right yes that's one of his goals is

that when people get to the end it's not

like well that was a great film you know

awesome I'm you know done with that

experience he wants that to be the

beginning of of their experience with

that theme or whatever it is that he

wants to just tell in his stories and so

you know many times in the industry

you'll hear people say well that was a

really good independent film

and the reality is is Alejandra

Monteverde Rod bar is co-writer you know

Eduardo's producer like they they are

creating content and films that are are

not great independent films they are

just the best films in the world right

now like there's they're they're on par

with anything else out there and so it's

beautiful to see

um you know when we got the first

opportunity to actually screen the film

um it was clear that for at least for

Angel for us was like man we we

definitely want this to be part of our

our ecosystem and to get this out into

the world but the key component for us

for those who don't aren't aware is

Angel Eyes What's called the angel Guild

and the angel Guild is comprised of a

hundred thousand investors who've

invested in the Chosen and in dry bar

and tunnel Twins and freelance and all

of our different original projects and

those investors are The Gatekeepers of

what gets to come in Angel's ecosystem

and so you know we were praying like

when we submitted to the guild like

please please like we hope that we're

not off base here like we're gonna we're

gonna feel like we're not very good at

our job if we are if our Guild doesn't

like this and the guild came back into

no surprise at all they uh they gave it

one of the highest ratings we've ever

seen it's just it they want it there's

pent-up demand for it the film is

incredible and uh and we're excited for

the world to see it I am as well tell me

a little bit uh how did you get uh Mira

servina and she's Academy Award winner

as well I know Eduardo obviously is

start in his own right but how did you

guys get hurt did she what was her

reaction to the script was that a hard

Pursuit yeah so that was that was me

again I'm just realizing I I got all the

main actors so Mira servino um has been

an advocate to fighting human

trafficking for for uh for years and

years and years and yeah and so we were

at a conference together we both spoke

in Mexico City and I told her about this

this project and I said hey would you be

willing to play my my wife in this

upcoming film and she said absolutely

she jumped right on it uh because of her

heart you know wow and and so we're

lucky to get her and she did she did an

amazing job how did you get Bill Camp no

yeah I didn't no no I didn't get Bill

but Bill was amazing bill was amazing

it was like man I guess that was me too

well I've I've shown it to what probably

a thousand people 500 to a thousand

people and maybe a thousand now

someone's we've done since then and I

don't have a single person that wasn't

so deeply man a lot of people came in

who were very skeptical but one of the

most beautiful things that you describe

I hope people know is you don't have to

wince about Communists you're not going

to see anything even the subject's

terrible that's the art of it and yet

you'll be as deeply moved as anything

you could ever imagine what would your

emotional experience you know Jordan for

you you see so many great films and so

many better have a spirit to them what

was different about this one for you

yeah this this film is um

there are I think there are a handful of

films in my entire life

that that come to the same level of

depth heart and soul a sound of Freedom

you know if I was to put a list of them

out there now now these are in the same

theme or in this but some of them may be

but like it's a wonderful life it's one

of those films where it's just

incredible

um one that I I you know I'll probably

never see again because it was so hard

to watch but I knew I needed to watch it

with Schindler's List like it's just one

of those films where this is a pivotal

film for our society

one of the things that um

um I think Jim said to me one time is he

said Schindler's List was incredible but

it was 40 or 50 years after what

happened he said imagine making

Schindler's List in the 1940s

yeah that's what sound of freedom is and

that's why it's so powerful is because

this is something that's happening now

it's a massive problem on a global scale

and so for us when we watched it you

know it lines up with some of the

greatest films ever made in our mind and

uh and it's and it's such a beautiful

cinematic experience yesterday we were

in um was it yesterday the day before it

must be the day before we were in Miami

and and um it was people of all

demographics and left right up down you

name it

and the credits roll and there's a

standing ovation for a solid three

minutes no one would sit down no one

would stop clapping because they were

just like wow this is incredible and so

that's the type of film it is and when

people when people finish it they're

going to they're going to fill this

burning desire in their heart and I

think the spirit's gonna tell them what

can they now do yeah because everybody's

different right everybody has different

resources different capacities and so

that's what we're excited about with

angels bring that awareness and that the

people in the audience can allow the

spirit to tell them hey here's what you

need to do I love that I mean you know

this all it's interesting Tim knows this

all started for me I don't know if you

know Tim I was doing one of my business

Mastery programs about eight years ago

and I always teach people how they can

grow their business you know the average

is 30 to 130 over 12 18 months but then

I get them to have a bigger why and part

of the wise I have set a bunch of goals

what they want to give and create in

their life but then there's these

contribution goals and and I had people

share some of them and there were a lot

of really beautiful emotional goals they

want to do with their family you want to

do for the world and one woman stood up

and she was so emotional and she said

you know I have a dear friend whose

child was trafficked and she said that

for four years they went after this

child trying to find it and worked with

this organization and they finally freed

and found this child and she said I just

I want to someday I want to do something

you know in this area and I said well my

experiences now is the right time you

know so I said how about this I said how

much does it cost to save a child and I

think at that time she was talking about

2 500 3 500 and I said to save a child's

life that's it they said yeah and I said

we have this audience you know a couple

thousand people I said I'll put up the

first quarter of a million dollars of

matching funds you guys match me up to

250 and we'll make it work and it was it

was one of the most beautiful things

I've ever seen I've done it so many

times since then as Tim knows and people

started standing by the aisles and

coming down to give us the card to make

their commitment I said just write down

what you'll commit you know I'll match

it you know and we went to 1.2 million

dollars awesome 30 or 40 minutes and

they're just I was crying everybody's

crying it was so beautiful because you

know I've got two daughters I've got a

48 year old daughter and I got a

two-year-old daughter

brat five kids and five grandkids and I

can't even imagine if this was my job

boy or girl that had gone through this

experience and so that's what started me

on the journey and then then I started

doing more then I found out about you

Tim and operation Underground Railroad

and we talked and I was like I want to

go see this I don't really want to see

this I want to go and experience of this

so that it's in my heart it's beyond

just what I'm imagining because I always

say that you know belief is a poor

substitute for an experience and I feel

like this film gives you the experience

you can think certain things but we have

an experience you never forget it and we

went down as you know Tim to Haiti and

they marked me up with makeup and big

scars and everything else

mentioned a little bit about that trip

if you would about what we did because

I've heard some stories on that trip as

well Tony oh yeah Australia your voice

is so distinct it was great well first

after after that after

after in Vegas when you raised all that

money I got I got a phone call that

night from my mom

did you hear that Tony Robbins just

raised a million dollars for you I said

oh Mom you're just a rumor like believe

me I would know she's like no so said

they were there he called this place

they called me you know because there's

so many people at your events they got

back to my mom in L.A you know and I

said no I promise you that's not the

case and then a couple days later I get

a phone call I remember exactly where I

was back east on a bus doing a bus tour

of American history and someone said

Tony Robbins wants to talk wants to call

you I was like wait what like the actual

time and like could my mom and then

there's Tony on the phone I'm like oh my

gosh I'm like it's real he's like yes we

did this thing and and then we started

setting up to to take him on an

operation and it was it was an amazing

operation

um uh there's a there's actually a whole

documentary just about this operation

it's called the operation to Saint it's

got over 2 million uh views in on Amazon

Prime

um but it was it's a it was a long-term

investigation we're looking for this

little boy uh didn't find him that found

the other traffickers then they led us

to another Trafficking Organization and

we ended up doing a meet

an undercover meet with a guy a group of

people one of the guys had just uh had

provided a video that he had he had

raped a 10 year old girl created a

videos for it and he was trying to sell

us the girl and the video and I'm

negotiating with this guy and Tony is

you're I mean you're just a few steps

away listening to this I was supposed to

be part of the conversation but what

happened is right before they landed on

the boat they had we had like 30 guys

that I'm supposedly with my friends that

I'm funding for them to have this

weekend and I got all these different

kids being brought in it was horrific

and I'm trying to stay centered and

somebody on the boat you know you would

never recognize him my wife when I came

back she screamed she thought somebody

else walked in the house literally

but I I said something and this person

on the boat said you're Tony Robbins my

voice was recognized so he quickly moved

me to The Back Tim negotiated and Tim I

don't know if you remember this but

Tim's negotiating and there were these

three guys that had brought him out and

a woman and she was even marketing her

own child was just oh my God you wanted

to I want to reach up and just kill them

you know every part of you once you just

unleash and of course that wouldn't do

any good you'd be in jail and they

wouldn't be and so I'm sitting there

just staying under this state they're

kind of I'm the guy just give my nods my

Grunts and Tim Stockton and Tim your

ability to morph and talk to these

people just blew my mind as God coming

through you because I know what you're

like and who you are and your

persuasiveness was amazing but there was

a point in which Tim had a fake mustache

and it was starting to peel off and this

one she had like a sixth sense something

was going on and but Fortune got it all

done came back and and sure enough they

were waiting for the SWAT team to come

in remember Tim they weren't there and

we're like oh my God this is all

happening last minute all came together

and we got the hell out and we had to

get out so we didn't get thrown in jail

too because the local police didn't know

what was in charge it was wild but I

never forgot the experience I I you know

spending those days with you Tim because

what I also you know you know I'm an

emotional guy and Tim's an emotional guy

we remember sitting in the car talking

about stuff and just crying our eyes out

for this stuff I mean your soul is

involved in this and you put yourself on

the line so many times with just so much

love for you so I'm so grateful to be

part of this but let's talk about the

mission because that made me so

missionary because it gave me an

experience what do you hope that this

seeing this film will inspire people to

do and let's talk a little Jordan a

little bit about what you got what

you've done with this two million kids

are normally traffic in a year and what

your goals are I understand maybe you've

already achieved them are going for

something bigger but let's hear first if

you would Tim tell us what you hope this

film will really get across to People by

watching it well the mission you speak

of it's so important but you know

there's there's only so much as

organizations we can do I run the

Nazarene fund I'm the CEO there I'm the

founder of our and and we've rescued

thousands and thousands and we'll do

we'll rescue the one the hundreds the

thousands but there's millions and

there's Millions I can't rescue Millions

I'm stuck and so I turn to history and I

realized there was a time in this

nation's history where we liberated

Millions how was it done it wasn't the

Underground Railroad led by my hero of

all heroes Harriet Tubman whose picture

sits above my Mansfield my office it

wasn't Abraham Lincoln

um who began his presidency saying I

will not touch slavery where it exists

um but two years into the war when

Lincoln met Harry Beatrice Stowe For the

First Time The the Storyteller the

author that went viral and joined her

voice with Frederick Douglass and other

greats and he said to her so you're the

little lady that wrote the big book that

started this war

um that book and the voices were what

changed Lincoln's perspective and he

made the war about liberating the

captive and so that's what we need and

that's how Millions get rescued Harry

Beecher Stowe is going to be the bigger

hero the storytellers Jordan Harmon

Alejandro Monteverde Rod bar Eduardo

they're gonna be the actual Heroes that

end it while we're continuing to rescue

the ones and the twos and the hundreds

and so that's how I see this film as a

major tool that I think God can use to

liberate his children yeah that's that

was awesome that's beautiful such a

unique approach to really getting a film

like this out because you're competing

with Disney on the same weekend this is

July 4th everybody so it's because the

sound of Freedom right it's about

feeding these freeing these kids

um but tell us a little bit about what

the plan you came up with and how's it

going and what can people do yeah so you

know the first of all like Summer's the

the most difficult time to take

something in the theaters it's the

Blockbuster season the week before us is

Indiana Jones the week after first

mission impossible and so it's very

difficult to not only Book screens in

theaters but to maintain them in any

meaningful way and so when we when we

actually it was it was actually kind of

a miracle that this all came together

because we've known Tim for a long time

and and then Tim reached out to us a

little over three months ago he said

guys

I feel a gravity I feel a a an energy

around

um what you're doing at Angel

um because he saw that we were doing his

only son in theaters and we were

starting to push that in a meaningful

way and he's like I wanna I wanna

explore what this looks like and so he

started pulling everybody together on

his team you know Eduardo and Jaime and

Alejandro and all these different

individuals and Jim Caviezel and he's

like I'm guys come out to the office you

got to come meet these guys

and and I remember telling Tim I was

like man we would love to let's get into

the guild which we did and it scored

super high and I said we would

absolutely love to get this out to the

world but man it's gonna be so hard to

pull all these parties together in terms

like Jordan half face he's like this is

coming together this is coming together

he just kept telling me that over and

over and over again and the miraculous

thing is from the time we grouped

everybody together when we when we Inked

a deal was five days

that's incredible

that's that's the Mind everybody's

aligned you have a higher Mission higher

purpose when you guys first told me I'm

executive producer as well we're going

to put this on July 4th I was like are

you really like that and we're competing

with the biggest movies in the world

that's when all of them come out yeah

your approach to this I gotta say you

know besides higher guidance and all

this you know you're approaching this

Jordan I think is extraordinary so

please share with people about how you

want to how you're helping to explode

this so we can have enough power on that

opening weekend to make this happen you

know we're not talking about economics

first I'm donating all my money back to

it and it comes to it it goes right back

to take care of and save more kids 100

tell people about your strategy because

I think it's brilliant and it appears to

be working yeah so with his only son

well we had we had done a couple

theatrical releases um partnering with

fathom with the chosen uh you know we

did Christmas with the Chosen and then

we did episodes one and two and we kind

of thought it was kind of a weird

bananas idea to just do episodes in

theaters but what we did want to do is

we wanted to understand that world and

so I remember my brother Jeff telling

the whole team he's like guys we're

gonna do this but we are going to

collect as much data as physically

possible so we can understand this black

box that exists right now to us because

as a studio we had made all of our

business and streaming merchandising

that entire world and so

um so we did those we started to

understand how to crack that nut and

then we decided to go but we realized

that there was a cap on the way we were

doing with fathom events and so we

decided Well we need to go direct with

theaters and we launched in the spring

of this year his only son and the three

things that I think are unique to our

model

is that

um The Guild obviously finds the sleeper

hits like his only son had been turned

down by Major Studios no one was

interested in it was a small production

budget but it was a beautiful film and a

guild without knowing what the

production budget said this is amazing

we want to see this and then two we

started building an audience through

crowdfunding instead of going into a big

bank or a big studio and saying hey cut

us a check for one two three million

dollars for p a so p a is the prince in

advertising that's an old industry term

for basically marketing and and that's

kind of the most coveted money in

Hollywood because it's the last money in

and first money out it's the most likely

of getting a a return and we said

instead of going to one person to cut a

check let's go to the crowd because

that's how we've done you know we

crowdfunded The Chosen we crowd from the

dry bar we crowd in front of all of our

TV shows let's go to the crowd and

crowdfund is only some p a budget and so

we proud funded a million and a 1.2

million dollars in less than 100 hours

and we were like whoa that was way

faster than we expected and uh and then

the Third element that was really

powerful is those investors

ended up bringing what we believe based

off of our data one you know 10 to 20

other people to the movie theater so now

you've got your Grassroots movement

going and then the last element was is

Angel's background and Tony you know

this more than most people with you know

the Harden Brothers agency and all the

stuff that you know we we've been

involved in one capacity or another our

background is direct response marketing

we know that world backwards and

forwards and so we know to spend money

really efficiently and then start

building the brand to where we can start

getting into efficient brand marketing

versus really inefficient brand

marketing and so we bro we broke into

the top three of the box office in

Spring and Easter which was you know the

third most busy time of the year and so

everybody's like whoa his only son top

three in the box office and um and I

remember big studios reached out to me

like how much are you gonna spend on P A

and we're like well we you know our

initial launch was a little over 1.2

Millions like 1.5 and they were like

we've never broken in the top three in

the box office for less than 11 to 12

million dollars that's impossible and uh

and so what we've done is we've created

this mechanism between the guild finding

the sleeper hits the building the

Grassroots movement and us spending that

money extremely efficiently

um we're seeing with sound of Freedom

now that that's scaling massively and so

our goal with sound of freedom is very

unique there are two million kids that

are trafficked every year and that's a

conservative estimate and those two

million children

we are trying to for opening week to get

2 million people into seats to represent

those two million people and start this

movement that will hopefully end this

atrocity throughout the world and so you

can go to angel.com

um I actually think we have a URL for

Tony and I can't remember what it is now

my brain um that's angel.com forward

slash war room angel.com

anyway so the the um but that being said

that that you go there angel.com or I

think you can also go to sports Freedom

if it's easy to remember but that being

said that URL tracks you'll see real

time we're at and we have a conservative

number on there I think we're at just

under a half a million tickets sold

again that's conservative and it's

really gonna it's really starting to

scale into those last nine ten days and

so it's really important that people do

two things

that they if they have the resources go

buy tickets right now because that sends

the signal to people and the theaters

and gives them the courage to say we're

going to get more screens to the sound

of freedom and that means they're

pulling screens away from potentially

Indiana Jones or Mission Impossible or

whatever it is so we have to give them

that courage to be able to do that by

buying tickets in the pre-sales but the

second thing is being able to pay it

forward for someone else so if someone

doesn't have the resources they can go

so we've already gifted from people who

have paid it Forward over I think 150

000 tickets around the United States and

we're just getting started okay these

are people who have paid it forward you

know ten dollars you know fifteen

dollars sixty dollars a hundred dollars

whatever it is and they're saying I have

the resources I'm going to not only buy

my tickets but I'm gonna pay it for for

someone else and then the last thing is

if you don't have the resources go to

angel.com freedom and you can claim a

free ticket like we we want this we do

not want money to be the reason that

anybody in the United States and long

term in the world doesn't see this film

it's so exciting I'm amazing Dad I think

you guys are ahead about 25 right now at

least in pre-sales yeah

and the last week is the biggest week

the last week is the biggest week for

sure we're already seeing you know week

over week from last week we're up 400 so

it's it's growing very drastically I

hope that those that are watching that's

the main reason I do this I want you to

see the film but I want you to get as

many people as you can and if you can

buy 10 tickets or five or whatever and

donate to friends or donate to Angel

Studios forward slash um Freedom you'll

feel.com forward slash get out to the

people that can make this happen and so

they can attend and experience it and

make it happen listen this is such an

exciting opportunity to take the darkest

tours I mean but people don't realize

this is one of the largest criminals the

fastest growing criminal Enterprise in

the world maybe you can comment on Tim

what do you think you know what do

governments need to do what what has to

be done on that side of the and we as

Citizens we can push those that we know

in Congress or Senator those we can

reach out to you what do you think has

to change in order to really break the

back of this this trafficking epidemic

the one word is May is prioritize it's

not a priority

um it like it should be you know I I

keep thinking back to Abraham Lincoln

who says you started this war you little

lady with the big book he she changed

history

um because she influenced him so right

now there's about five drug agents

federal federal U.S drug agents for

every one anti-child trafficking agent

which is insane because you can sell a

bag of cocaine once you can sell a child

10 20 times over 25 a 24-hour cycle we

have to change the priority and the only

way to do it in a republic that we're

blessed to live in is Get Loud get so

loud that it shakes the foundations of

Washington DC and state governments and

they say that's it people are people are

yelling people are mad at us

we've got to switch this yeah I couldn't

agree more on the the experience of

being down there and and

having a child be

chained to a bed and doing tricks five

or six or seven times a day in the eight

or nine or ten or 12 year old child is

completely insane it was the

ugliest experience in my life Tim and it

was also the most beautiful because

seeing these kids on the other side was

a whole nother experience and then we

had another group you know Tim we sent

the plane down the first place they got

to be in America after being rescued by

you was here at our house so they came

here to the house there going swimming

and bowling and playing basketball and

they're like realizing oh my God I have

a life again but let's talk a little bit

about the Aftercare because Tim you know

you have a really special experience in

that we went down there together and I

got to see the kind of work and wanted

to contribute to it you ended up with

one of your children from that group but

tell us a little bit about the Aftercare

and tell us a little bit about what

happens to these kids that you save

afterwards as they go through you know

being brought back into society after

such a horrific experience

so there's no rescues you know without

the Aftercare without the healing that

has to happen or nothing happens and so

we do a lot ahead of time before any

rescue operation we have the beds we

have the players we have the homes

already in place so the kids can go

immediately there and start getting all

the healing and that they need and we're

trying to innovate all the time like you

know everyone's healing experience is so

individual that which we try to provide

all the tools and let them choose with

their with their coach with their

counselor with their therapist

um and you got to experience I'm glad

you brought that up Tony because that

was one of the most emotional moments of

my life was going around before we did

the hit before we did the operation

um with Tony we you know once we did it

we had to run so we took a few days

before to visit some of the Aftercare

homes where these girls were gonna go

and everywhere I went and I hope I don't

embarrass you at all Tony but but um

everywhere we went I would watch Tony

give but but not just a little bit like

way too much like you know I I hang out

with a lot people of means but this is

beyond like wow like there's certain

things you might not be able to do now

it was that much but it was every place

we went to and the final place we went

to um Tony didn't even know but the two

kids that ran to him and I I talked

about how they climbed up Mount Tony

they were just all over Tony because I

had told them who he was he's like this

is Papa blanc's friend they call me Papa

Blanc uh Daddy White Daddy I don't know

why they call me that but but you know

when they got back home I said just call

me daddy you gotta stop I don't know

where you get this it might be against

the law here I don't know but in Haiti

it was okay apparently so but but

um I watched Tony and he didn't even

know that those were my kids I hadn't

really introduced them yet because there

were so many kids right but I watched my

kids so so excited because they'd seen

pictures because you know I see them and

I tell them who's coming and and we're

we were waiting it took us four years to

adopt these kids there were two kids We

rescued on October on February 19 2014

and our first operation in Haiti

um that's also in a documentary

operation to Saint and I watched Tony

take the the woman in charge around the

corner and I'm like oh my gosh she's

again I'm my whole body I'm getting

chosen now I was like my kids are gonna

be okay because you don't know really

you know are they just putting the nice

clothes on the kids when when Daddy

shows up are they really being taken

care of do they really have what they

need and and

um and I watched 20 people around the

corner so I go around this corner and

but I'm so excited because I'm like this

is going to be good and I'm just

listening and he just

um he asks her how much it's gonna cost

ah

for a year and I'm like you're gonna

give a whole year and and she says this

and it's a big number it's a lot of kids

he says okay I'm going to write you a

check right now for a few years

and when you're done with that call me

we'll do the next two years and I'm just

like oh my gosh my kids are going to be

home like within a year like they're

gonna have everything they need you know

that's so awesome and then I asked you

later about it Tony thank you for that

but I wasn't asking for you to tell the

story when I did no I know you weren't I

know

what how these kids change and then but

as long but I wanted you to bring up I

want people to sense of who you are as a

man you've adopted two of those children

yourself it wasn't about me but thank

you for sharing all that yeah but Tony

about Tony at the same time how many

kids you have and tell them about what

happened and with your wife your

incredible wife both of you how you

brought these two children back I mean

you're out here on the road you have a

pretty large family so please thank you

for sharing that but what I was really

looking to hear is tell people about the

Aftercare and what happens to these kids

because you know it's one thing to get

them rescued it's not they get them

integrated and there's a phenomenal work

that's being done there's so many

different approaches but I'd love to

share that but finish the story from the

standpoint of you not me tell them what

you did then please tell them about your

family size your family and what your

wife said when you first started talking

about this but to your point Tony you

said you wanted to hear Tim's heart I

think that probably reflects Tim's heart

more than even talking about what he did

is that he first went to talk about what

you did but yes finish the story so

thank you and and um so uh

so these kids that for the first rescue

operation and we were only six months

into this endeavor and I was broke I

mean I had enough money to last till

June and this was February and

um you know we didn't find the little

boy we went to find and then the father

guests know who you've met you've you've

been gracious enough to bring him on

your stage even and he goes in and takes

home eight of the kids that were rescued

in the name of his son even though he

his son wasn't there and I'm just like

who is this man and I go call my wife

that night on February 19 2014. I know

that because that's the birthday they

gave my kids because when we rescued

them they had no papers February 9th

February 19th oh 19th is the birthday

they gave them and so I called Catherine

I said you won't believe this guy he

took all these kids home and Catherine

goes well what about those two kids that

you fell in love with because they were

the main kids that we used in The Sting

operation their brother and sister and

like oh their parents are dead and you

know they're in an orphanage she's like

I'm their mother I'm like yeah yeah

you're the mother of everybody yeah like

no I'm they're I'm gonna be their mother

bring them home and I said Catherine we

don't have any

we don't have any money

before you adopted them that we had we

had sex so and then six and now seven

eight and then yeah and then another one

came accidentally nine so we got nine

now but but uh but I didn't want to get

that salvation jeopardize my salvation

speech again so I just accepted it I'm

like don't say it I know I know I mean

yes yes Catherine we will do it

you know what it's the greatest blessing

because these are the happiest kids oh

they're so great and every day they

remind me they remind me why we're doing

this because if this if these kids I

know the trajectory they would I I think

about this often they would my daughter

Colleen would probably be dead right now

I don't think a child in Hades an orphan

makes it past 13 years old there should

be have been trafficked same with my son

and and said they're happy and they're

running around and playing sports and

all this and that's the Hope like this

can be any of those kids any of those

kids have that bright of a future but we

gotta get them out and get them healed

and and so that's what that Aftercare

piece is so important and I want to say

you know operation

um triple take which is the operation

depicted in the sound of Freedom those

um kids are now young adults and they

still they have their own Foundation now

they all they're all together and we

support them we give them micro loans

um one of them has actually done their

own rescue one of the kids We rescued

adopted a child who was

um born out of human trafficking and he

saved the the mother now he he's raising

this baby

um another one her name is Angie she's

one of our spokespeople

um and she just got a contract from the

from the Colombian uh Navy the same Navy

that provided the boats for the CTA

agents to jump out and do the rescue and

they kept tracking they just gave her

the contract just so she's a seamstress

to so all the new recruit uniforms so

it's working like the Aftercare it's

working and we got to see it first and

foremost with the kids from from Sound

of freedom I love that I also just it

speaks so much doesn't Jordan about who

this man is and he keeps his life

credits she deserves it she's

extraordinary but you too as a couple

because every time you go you go out

she's got to wonder if you're going to

make it back I'm not being overly

dramatic it's just a fact uh and you

risk your life that every time and we've

had some late nights when you were going

through some rough times brother and

seeing you just find your way through

that because there was something higher

you were to serve more than yourself so

I'm I'm deeply touched and I love you

dearly for all that you stand for and

all that you are and I'm so grateful

Jordan that you've joined forces with

him in such a powerful way to get this

message out would you share one more

piece before we go uh tell people about

what happened in the Ukraine because

people see the war they don't see the

other side of it and also uh just maybe

for two seconds because the story

touched me so much uh the young person

in uh Iraq I believe it was who had been

they were draining the blood out of them

because people don't understand that

these kids don't just get trafficked and

push through sexual slavery but some of

these children ladies and gentlemen it's

pretty horrific this is not in the film

for you to watch no Panic you'll see the

film but you got it yeah yeah literally

they sell their body parts

drain their blood it's it's insane it is

a baby's heart a young child's heart's

worth a quarter of a million dollars and

they can't steal this child or buy this

child for someone for a few thousand

dollars so would you just share a real

quickly a little bit about what happened

to Crane what you're doing there just

people have a sense of the size and

scope of what you guys have grown to but

also what happened in Iraq for example

that you know who I'm speaking of I

think that child is so shouldn't have

survived and where's that child today

because it's it's an Aftercare example

of a family adopting it's just so

touching amazing story so yeah

um one of the biggest most amazing

operations I've ever been a part of was

last year we went to Ukraine uh to just

get orphans out because they were

getting they were in the war zone and

people weren't taking care of them and

people were running away and we ended up

working with aerial recovery and you

know you know Brittany and Jeremy uh

lock Tony and we were able to move with

their leadership a 6 000 women and

children out but while we were there we

found a pedophile uh trafficking ring

they were they were you know they were

taking advantage of vulnerable children

whose parents were dead and and these

guys were political party scary group uh

they're fugitives from the lot out of

Holland and they had set up a shop in in

Ecuador in Mexico and

there's a docu-series in Tony and Sage

are actually producing it Mel Gibson's

also involved in this he was one of the

people who gave me the Intel to find the

kids craziest story

um we blew through six countries three

continents four months took down an

international pedophile ring and rescued

hundreds in preventative rescue

thousands

um it ended taking down a um a a a a sex

Hotel a child sex Hotel they were saying

little boys in Ecuador 10 years old and

younger pedophiles could show up and

have their way with them and Tony knows

so much about the case because whenever

I'm traveling to Europe I used up over

in Miami and and I'm giving you video if

I'm giving Donny and Sage briefings like

as I'm going oh transverse in the

country and and getting blessings from

Tony and Sage

um and and making sure my mental

stability was allowing me to to to not

break

um and so we're gonna have that coming

out soon in a docu series called The

Hidden war and then um and then this

other example

because when people think about war they

don't realize that what war creates is

an opportunity for these people to

traffic children like crazy because

there's so much disruption so many

children become you know they have no

parents but tell them the story you did

what shared with me about this young

child in Iraq yeah so this little this

little boy it's crazy so so Isis when

they rolled in and they took advantage

and took all the you know the minority

religious children Christian yazidis

um the same thing's happening in Africa

and they're setting up these like baby

factories where they're they'll

impregnate women and make the babies

just just to sell their body parts one

little boy in particular

um who that was happening to him he was

kidnapped actually at four or five years

old uh until he was 12 and they would

just slowly suck like the spinal fluid

um and they would sell it this is a

witch doctor you kind of Satanic ritual

stuff where they sell the blood and

people like drink it and think they're

being empowered and it's a it's a real

thing and this kid had lost all use of

by the time he was 11 years old he

looked like he was seven and he couldn't

use his Limbs and we were able to get

him to a doctor in Salt Lake at the

Children's Shriners Hospital and they

did an experimental surgery and fixed

him they broke every bone in his body I

I was there just Weeping at his side

with Catherine as he was healing from

this

um and he just moaned and just it's just

a pain but he had he had um you know he

was casted up his whole body

but then they took the cat and it worked

and he walks now and he rides horses and

he rides bikes and while he was here a

family in Utah got to know him and

they've adopted him so now he's home and

it's it's like wow you know again it can

work they they said it was impossible he

would never move and now he's he's happy

living in a family yeah how's his family

so there's hope and that's the point is

There's Hope and I hope people leave

Center Freedom knowing there's hope

there's a solution there's a light in

this Darkness yes it's really a story of

good versus evil where you see good does

prevail over evil but it requires

awareness and action and and this

hopefully that's what the film's doing

Jordan any flash message you want to

give the audience here about this film

yeah I

um

uh Steve Jobs once said that the most

powerful

person on earth is a storyteller

and we have the opportunity right now

as as a nation and as a world to

get these stories through sound of

Freedom out into the world and the power

of stories is that the stories that are

predominantly told today is what our

culture will look like in 20 or 30 years

yes and

we have a responsibility now

to make sure that our culture in 20 30

years does not have trafficking in it

um and so this movie is so important to

get out into the world to educate the

people on the on the gravity of this

issue but also to bring awareness so

that the the organizations there's the

saying that All Ships rise with the

rising tide

and there are so many organizations

throughout the world like the ones Tim

has run and you've been a part of Tony

and many many others that are trying to

solve these problems but with awareness

with this film

the resources We Believe at Angel and

the reason we're taking this on is we

believe is we drive this awareness

through our distribution that the

researchers will pour into these

organizations that are Adept at solving

these problems and so a lot of people

like Tim said there is hope

there is plenty of resources and there's

plenty of good in the world we just need

Focus concentrated Focus to solve these

problems and

supporting many organizations in this

fight which I applaud

in fact some people at or they might be

mad at me for saying this but they were

demanding insisting that we put the our

logo at the end of the film and Angel

and me and Eduardo said no no no no the

last thing we want is to make this about

any one group

um because I'll be honest though you are

is not the best at every situation the

Nazarene fund is not the best at every

situation but you know ijam might be our

821 or you know free a girl or Ariel we

have to be able to be honest and and do

the right thing by the children not by

any one institution so so I'm grateful

for that that vision and I know you run

your philanthropy that way too Tony and

it's the right way to do it we have to

empower all organizations to be a

brighter light so amen you both are such

bright lights I can't wait for people to

see this film I can if you're watching

right now please go see it go see it in

the theater don't wait for it to be at

home and please spread the word you can

share the the what he called the trailer

but most importantly go to angel.com

forward slash freedom and get yourself

some tickets or you can order them they

can also order them at the theater

correct absolutely any major ticketing

app you can order tickets um but

angel.com freedom and and uh we are so

grateful Tony for you and for what

you've done you you know people don't

realize that this interview is obviously

impactful to your audience but Tony

behind the scenes has been maneuvering

and helping Angel and and uh sound of

freedom in such magnificent ways so Tony

thank you thank you for your heart

you're very kind this issue takes all of

us and I'm grateful the credible work

you're doing and I damn I can't thank

you again for just being such a good

soul and for the courage you've

displayed and how you've continued to

pursue no matter what obstacles in front

of you and I think with all of you watch

the film uh if you didn't watch anything

else it's an action thriller and it is

true story and it is good you know

surpassing and just dissolving and

destroying the evil and it is about it's

like based on a true story it is a true

story that'll move you so please go

check it out please spread the word God

bless the both of you and we're looking

forward to seeing July 4th be this

incredible opening that brings millions

of people to paying attention to this

incredible incredible opportunity to

make change thank you gentlemen thank

you thanks Tony

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