The latest Jim Caviezel movie, Sound of Freedom, is absolutely riveting. Everyone should see it. …
News With Views By Kelleigh Nelson
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. âThomas Paine
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. âHaile Selassie
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. âDietrich Bonhoeffer (1906â1945)
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil⊠prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. âTerry Pratchett, author
Recent research has shown that traffickers are no longer just kidnapping individuals off of the street, but they are now employing new tactics to find their potential victims. There is one absolute commonality amongst the victims of human trafficking: the loss of personal freedom. âAsa Don Brown, author
The latest Jim Caviezel movie, Sound of Freedom, is absolutely riveting. Everyone should see it. Brilliantly done. Stay thru the credits as Jim then speaks to the audience. He tells us, once you know it is happening, you must work to stop the evil. Jim asks the audience, âCan we love Godâs children more than we fear evil?â
The movie beat out Disneyâs highly-anticipated âIndiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny,â among others, Box Office Mojo reported. Sound of Freedom, which exposes the horrors of human trafficking, scored $14.2 million at the box office ($11.5 million at the direct box office combined with another $2.6 million from PAY IT FORWARD tickets sold), per a release from the studio. By July 10th, it had raked in $40 million. The Federalist Papers are telling us the film is likely to break $100 million in gross receipts.
âThe Sound of Freedom brings this truth to light,â said Bob Unanue, President and CEO of Goya Foods, and Executive Producer of Sound of Freedom. Goya Cares, inspired by the movie, is a global initiative dedicated to combating child trafficking and educating on child mental health.
Jim Caviezel and Mel Gibson filmed this movie in 2018; it has taken them five years to get it into theatres. Everyone fought against its theatre release…
