Jim Caviezel: ‘Sound of Freedom’ is ‘best film I’ve done since “The Passion of the Christ”’

“There’s good, there’s evil. But a big part of that evil is those that are sitting on the fence. And we have to make a choice. And some are more leaning towards Jesus, more towards good, some are more leaning towards the evil, but they’re on that fence and that fence belongs to the evil one,” he continued. “And so we have to make that decision… And I love that about Tim Ballard. He’s a battle hero’s story.”

About 2 million children are trafficked every year worldwide. The United States is considered one of the top destinations for victims of child trafficking and cases have been reported in all 50 states. According to a 2019 report from the Human Trafficking Hotline, California, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and New York rank at the top with the most cases. There are more than 350,000 children who go missing in the U.S. each year. Of those 350,000, it is estimated that roughly 100,000 are being trafficked.

“God’s children are no longer for sale,” is a powerful line in the film, and Caveziel told CNA why he believes children are under attack, not just through child trafficking, as seen in the movie, but also through abortion. (According to the Guttmacher Institute, almost 1 million abortions took place in the United States in 2020.)

“The most vulnerable are under attack for one reason — children are the most innocent of humans,” Caviezel said.

“It wounds God to the deepest core to kill those unborn babies, but now they kill them when they’re born, don’t they?” 

He continued: “That’s where Jesus is going to have a deep conversation with all of us when we die, and I don’t want to be a part of that. I want to tell him that I love him. That’s what I want to say. And that I tried to live the life that it was supposed to be, that I give my life for him. Because he deserves to be loved.”

“Pope John Paul said, ‘Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom exists not to do what you like but having the right to do what you ought.’ That’s the freedom I wish for you, for us. Freedom from sin, freedom from our weaknesses, freedom from the slavery that sin makes out of all of us. That is the freedom that is worth dying for.”

“I’m here because this warrior saint, Tim Ballard, gave his life and continues to do it to go down to the cartel, risking his head like John the Baptist did. Risking his head like St. Paul did,” he said. 

Angel Studios, an American media company and film distribution studio that uses equity crowdfunding to finance its productions and is known for the popular series “The Chosen,” is encouraging “Sound of Freedom” supporters and viewers to ‘pay it forward’ so those who might not be able to see the movie can claim a free ticket.

The studio’s goal is to have 2 million people attend the film’s opening weekend to represent the estimated 2 million children trafficked each year. 

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On June 13, Elon Musk posted a Tweet recommending that “Sound of Freedom” producers put the film on Twitter for free for a brief period “or just ask people to subscribe to support (we would not keep any funds).”

Producer Eduardo Verástegui responded: “Thank you Elon, this is great idea! God’s children are not for sale. Can’t wait for you to see the film. ¡Dios te bendiga hermano!”

A clip of Caviezel’s interview with CNA can be viewed below.