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American Thought Leaders

Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard: Hard Truths of the Global Child Sex Trade and the Spiritual Battle for Our Children

American Thought Leaders

The Epoch Times

Government, News, Politics

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

“I get films. I don’t get the easy ones. And this one definitely wasn’t,” says actor Jim Caviezel. “This is a huge weapon to evil, and they don’t like it.”

In this episode, I sit down with actor Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security special agent and founder of Operation Underground Railroad. Jim Caviezel plays Ballard in the new Angel Studios action drama film “Sound of Freedom,” which sheds light on the dark realities of both human and sex trafficking.

“This country needs to be the solution. Instead, we are the problem,” says Ballard. “We’re the source of the corruption right now that is enslaving children.”

“The United States is number three for destination countries for human trafficking, number one for the consumption of child rape videos. And we are now approaching number one in the production of child exploitation material,” Ballard says.

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There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States.

0:08.0

If it wasn't for him, those people would never have made it. If it wasn't for him, those children would never make it.

0:14.0

The United States is number three for destination country's human trafficking.

0:18.0

Number one for the consumption of child rape videos.

0:22.0

The difference between Shinler's list and this film, Shinler's list was done 50 years.

0:27.0

Too late. Too late. We're doing this right now, during the time.

0:31.0

And this is a huge weapon to evil. And they don't like it.

0:35.0

In this episode, I sit down with actor Jim Cavizel, as well as Tim Ballard,

0:39.0

a former Department of Homeland Security Special Agent and founder of Operation Underground Railroad.

0:45.0

Jim Cavizel plays Tim Ballard in the New Angel Studios' action drama film, Sound of Freedom.

0:51.0

It's a big octopus with a lot of arms.

0:53.0

And our children are in the crosshairs of Spiritual Warfare.

0:57.0

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellek.

1:03.0

Jim Cavizel, Tim Ballard, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.

1:07.0

Thank you, so good to be here.

1:09.0

So I've watched the film, Sound of Freedom, twice now.

1:13.0

The first time Tim, I was thinking to myself,

1:17.0

I cannot believe that you live this story.

1:21.0

And I know it's your story, unbelievable, so engaging.

1:25.0

And the second time, I really, I thought to myself that this film has a chance

1:31.0

to raise awareness about something that it frankly is very difficult to talk about,

1:35.0

something very dear to my heart, child trafficking.

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