Mod: The MAGA beloved film 'Sound of Freedom' is billed as being an 'anti-child trafficking drama.' And now one of its funders has been charged with kidnapping? 'Sound of Freedom' funder charged with child kidnapping amid controversy, box office success (USA Todaylink): One of the summer's surprise movie hits, the anti-child trafficking drama "Sound of Freedom," continues to be among its most controversial.
The latest incident:
Fabian Marta, one of the individuals who helped fund the movie after
Disney passed on distribution, was charged on July 21 with child kidnapping, according to the
Missouri Courts website.
The film stars Jim Caviezel as real-life former U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard who is credited with saving countless children, largely from outside the U.S., from traffickers.
On its opening July 4 weekend, "
Freedom" beat out
Hollywood franchises such as "
Indiana Jones" and has to date racked up $163 million in domestic ticket sales, according to
Box Office Mojo. That's more than 10 times its reported production cost. The action movie is expected to make even more when it hits theaters overseas.
Shortly after its release, reports surfaced that
Ballard had parted ways with the anti-trafficking group he founded,
Operation Underground Railroad. The group has been the subject of critical reports by
Vice News, which claims the group has a "long history of false claims."
The movie's star, Caviezel, has also generated buzz. During a podcast interview with former Trump administration advisor Steve Bannon, Caviezel mentioned "adrenochrome," a hormone that QAnon adherents say global elites harvest from child victims as an allegedly life-extending elixir.
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