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Tue Jul 11 2023

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Description

The episode discusses the movie 'The Sound of Freedom', a Christian film about child trafficking. It explores the controversies surrounding Operation Underground Railroad and critiques the plot and execution of the movie. The climax and insights from the movie are also analyzed.

Insights

Controversies Surrounding Operation Underground Railroad

The movie raises questions about entrapment, skepticism towards the organization, and controversies surrounding sexual acts with trafficking victims. It also highlights the involvement of FARC rebels in child trafficking.

The Plot of 'The Sound of Freedom'

The movie follows Tim Ballard's journey to rescue a brother and sister who were taken by child traffickers. It explores his collaboration with Bill Camp and their mission to buy children in Columbia. The climax involves a sting operation on a pedophile island.

The Climax and Controversies of 'The Sound of Freedom'

The climax of the movie involves the protagonist rescuing a girl from FARC rebels, but lacks tension. The movie includes actual footage of a sting operation, but some parts of the story are hard to verify. Overall, the movie is confusing and poorly executed.

Chapters

The Sound of Freedom: A Christian Film on Child Trafficking
Controversies Surrounding Operation Underground Railroad
The Plot of 'The Sound of Freedom'
The Climax and Controversies of 'The Sound of Freedom'
Insights from 'The Sound of Freedom'

Summary

Transcript

The Sound of Freedom: A Christian Film on Child Trafficking

00:00 - 14:04

*crying* How'd that make you feel? Giving a child his freedom? How good?
This guy's children are not for sale.
Charlie Delta we are Go for X-filth. We're in. As soon as they upload the podcast and they're ensnared in Operation Honeypot.
It's the sound of freedom. Well you're not hearing it because... - 'Cause you're not free.
I thought this was like, you know, a movie about buying and selling kids, I thought this was like, you know, one of those movies about deaf people that really gets the community up in a community.
I going to like maybe be a movie That's like against cochlear implants.
It's all about children arbitrage opportunities and how you can get a deal flipping children.
There is big money in child trafficking and it's not that hard to do apparently it's the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world.
You could sell them 10 to 15 times a day.
You never just sell cocaine or heroin once.
We're talking about the sleeper indie hit taking America by storm. It's the occult to dismantle the global child trafficking sex slavery rings. That's the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. We're talking the sound of freedom starring Jim Caviezel.
This movie is funded by a Mormon movie studio and came about $1 million away from knocking off Indiana Jones at the box office.
The movie would win every Academy Award where Hollywood not controlled by pedophiles or people who have seen a movie before.
This is a movie about buying and selling children with no tension or emotion whatsoever.
The movie 'The Sound of Freedom' is a Christian film that looks low-budget and matches its content.
The pacing and editing of the movie are strange, with no character moments or scenes allowed to develop.
The focus of the movie is on Timothy Ballard, a Mormon slave stealer who now runs an anti-child trafficking organization called Operation Underground Railroad.
The movie treats Ballard like a celebrity, assuming viewers are familiar with his story.
The pacing issues become more apparent in the last 40% of the movie, making it feel like it's about to end multiple times.
Classic character actors make appearances in the film, including Kurt Fuller and Mira Servino who only has four lines.
Jim Caviezel stars as Ballard and has an odd frosted hairdo in the film.
Operation Underground Railroad's rescue work involves questionable tactics, such as creating a demand for child slavery to catch traffickers.

Controversies Surrounding Operation Underground Railroad

13:40 - 33:39

The movie involves highly dubious rescue work, blurring the line between stopping child sex traffickers and becoming one.
The speaker expresses skepticism towards the claims made by the organization in the movie.
The speaker questions the authenticity of the main character, comparing him to Chris Kyle who is seen as a coward.
The speaker doubts that a true hero would accept all the praise and branding bestowed upon them.
Controversies surrounding Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) are mentioned, including allegations of sexual acts with trafficking victims and human trafficking itself.
The presence of an underground CrossFit gym owned by OUR is seen as contradictory to someone like Harriet Tubman's dedication.
A connection between a book called Slave Stealers and an executive producer involved in OUR is highlighted.
The involvement of FARC rebels in child trafficking is portrayed in the movie, drawing attention away from other perpetrators like the Catholic Church.
Suspicions are raised about inflated ticket sales for the movie through pay-it-forward schemes or potential kidnappings preventing people from attending screenings.

The Plot of 'The Sound of Freedom'

27:07 - 46:08

The movie begins with a man winning father of the year in Honduras after sending his children to audition for a talent show.
The film uses CCTV footage of children being taken off the streets, creating a sense of threat and fear.
The emotions in the movie feel artificial and forced, lacking depth or stakes.
Jim Caviezel's character is one-dimensional, constantly looking haunted without much substance.
There is a poorly executed action hero one-liner involving pedophiles that falls flat.
The main character works for Homeland Security's anti-pedophile unit but has never rescued a victim before.
The movie is about a man named Tim Ballard who works for Homeland Security's anti-pedophile unit.
Tim has put away many pedophiles but has never rescued a victim of child sex trafficking.
He decides to set up elaborate stings on pedophiles to track down a brother and sister who were taken at the beginning of the movie.
Tim quits his job and goes to Columbia where he teams up with Bill Camp, the only character in the film with personality and backstory.
Bill Camp is an American who worked for drug cartels and now buys children for good reasons.
There is a scene where Bill Camp tells Tim how to dress like a stereotypical American tourist in order to blend in with the Colombian underworld.
Before going to Columbia, Tim gains the confidence of a pedophile he arrested and arranges for him to personally buy a child, specifically the brother who was taken earlier in the movie.
Tim arrests another pedophile trafficking this kid across the Mexican border and frees him, taking him to eat at a restaurant called American Burger as if it's a holy place.
The sister is still missing, so Tim is determined to reunite her with her family.
Ballard rescues a kid and reunites him with his father, but the sister is still missing
Ballard quits his job at Homeland Security to continue searching for the missing sister
He and Bill Camp come up with a mission to buy children in Columbia
They create Epstein Island part two and order 50 children at once
Child traffickers are surprised by the large order and plan to kidnap more children
Bill Camp explains why he got involved in buying children for liberation purposes
The rest of the movie involves an Epstein Island sting operation and unethical practices
Ballard pretends to be a doctor to steal a girl from FARC rebels in Columbia

The Climax and Controversies of 'The Sound of Freedom'

45:42 - 58:47

The protagonist pretends to be a doctor to gain access to FARC-controlled areas and vaccinate children, but his real motive is to steal a girl from the rebels.
The movie implies that all FARC members are evil terrorists and pedophiles.
The climax of the movie involves the protagonist rescuing the girl, but there is no tension or danger in the scene.
The movie includes actual footage of a sting operation on a pedophile island, which adds some credibility to the story.
The protagonist claims that he went into dangerous rebel territory to rescue another girl, but this part of the story is hard to verify.
The movie ends with the family being reunited, but it's unclear if the protagonist ever sees his own family again.
The children in the movie have unsettling appearances, which is mentioned in the credits.
There is a funny company tax in the credits that mentions how the idea for the movie came from someone's wife.
Overall, the movie is confusing and poorly executed, with muddled plotlines and indeterminable characters.

Insights from 'The Sound of Freedom'

52:07 - 1:05:05

The movie raises questions about entrapment when the person who arrested you asks you to commit more crimes on his behalf.
The movie presents statistics about human trafficking, stating that there are more people in slavery today than when it was legal.
There is a connection made between the modern-day equivalent of Harriet Tubman and certain organizations involved in child trafficking for adoption purposes.
Adoption is described as selling children and introducing efficiency into the market.
There are mentions of stories where good Christian families take children from foreign countries without knowing the full story.
QAnon is mentioned as being more interesting than the movie, with its supernatural elements.
Critics of the movie point out connections to Satanic symbolism and Masonic symbols in relation to certain individuals involved in child rescue organizations.
The founder of Operation Underground Railroad is accused of having a secret plan to monetize his non-profit organization and proselytize for the Mormon church.