Sound of Freedom
2023 American film by Alejandro Monteverde
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| 2023 | Tim Ballard was removed as the head of Operation Underground Railroad following an internal investigation. |
| December 2023 | O.U.R. posted a statement from an independent law firm concluding that Ballard had 'engaged in unprofessional behavior that violated O.U.R.'s policies and values'. |
| October 11 2023 | Film released in Spain. |
| September 20 2023 | Film released in the Philippines. |
| September 1 2023 | Film released in the United Kingdom and Ireland. |
| August 31 2023 | Film released across multiple Latin American countries including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, as well as in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. |
| August 24 2023 | Film released in Australia and New Zealand. |
| August 18 2023 | Film released in South Africa, Iceland, and Lithuania. |
| August 17 2023 | Film released in the United Arab Emirates. |
| July 2023 | During a promotional interview with Jordan Peterson, Tim Ballard claimed to have recently raided a West African 'baby factory'. |
| July 26 2023 | Angel Studios confirmed international release plans for the film in 23 markets. |
| July 19 2023 | Donald Trump hosted a special screening of the film at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. |
| July 4 2023 | Initial theatrical release of Sound of Freedom in the United States. |
| July 4 2023 | Sound of Freedom was released by Angel Studios, becoming a surprise box office success as an independent film about human trafficking rescue efforts. |
| May 2023 | Angel Studios received a confirmed release date of July 4, 2023 for the film. |
| 2020 | Andrew McCubbins, one of the film's executive producers, was convicted of running a Medicare fraud scheme. |
| July 2020 | Tim Ballard posted a video lending credence to a QAnon conspiracy theory about Wayfair and child sex trafficking. |
| 2018 | Film was completed and initial distribution deal made with the Latin American subsidiary of 20th Century Fox. |
| 2018 | Additional film scenes were shot in Calexico, California, expanding the movie's filming locations beyond Colombia. |
| June 2018 | Principal photography for the film 'Sound of Freedom' commenced in the summer, with most of the filming taking place in Cartagena, Colombia. |
| 2015 | Alejandro Monteverde began work on the script for Sound of Freedom, inspired by a TV news segment on child sex trafficking. |
| 2015 | Tim Ballard initiated work on the script for Sound of Freedom, inspired by his career with Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) to combat human trafficking. |
| 2013 | Tim Ballard left the Department of Homeland Security and founded Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) to work with local police in other countries to catch child sex traffickers. |
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