If there’s a cause that seems fairly simple to rally behind, it would be efforts to combat human trafficking. It’s a crime involving the transportation and exploitation of people that is reported to police in Canada over 500 times a year and affects far more.
The film is loosely based on Tim Ballard, the former American head of a group called Operation Underground Railroad, known for elaborate stings designed to trap child traffickers, and bills itself as “the gripping true story of a man’s mission to rescue children from the darkest corners of the world.”
It was then acquired by a Utah-based company called Angel Studios, which declares its mission as creating stories that “amplify light.” It’s a phrase that many observers seem to have interpreted as meaning religious content, though company CEO Neil Harmon toldWhat’s clear is the company wants to give Hollywood a run for its money, and allows fans to pledge money to help decide which film the company should make or distribute.
Still, the challenge now, she says, is to take the groundswell of attention and turn it into a productive conversation about how to tackle trafficking in the real world. There’s also frustration at the fact that the movie portrays the rescue as a man swooping into save victims, rather than acknowledging how hard many victims work to get themselves out of dangerous situations.
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