Sound of Freedom is based on the work of a real organization and a real person, Tim Ballard. The film was first connected to Fox in Latin America, which had a deal to distribute the film. But as soon as Disney came together with Fox, lots of films got lost in the mix. So that left the filmmakers with this project but no one to put it out in theaters.
The Wall Street Journal’s John Jurgensen explains how Sound of Freedom, an action-drama about fighting child sex trafficking, beat Tom Cruise and Indiana Jones at the box office. Writer Meg Conley explains the murky truth behind the movie.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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