{"id":26489,"date":"2023-07-11T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26489"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:41:36","slug":"jim-caviezel-shares-why-his-new-film-is-personal-to-his-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/07\/jim-caviezel-shares-why-his-new-film-is-personal-to-his-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Jim Caviezel Shares Why His New Film is Personal to His Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The depths of the wickedness of human sin are never more apparent than in the horrors of human trafficking. Thousands of children are caught in the web of sex trafficking and slavery annually. It’s a $150 billion industry worldwide.<\/p>\n

It’s also the focus of actor Jim Caviezel’s new movie, “The Sound of Freedom,” released in theatres on July 4th. He told Fox’s Lighthouse Faith podcast, “I was thinking about my own children.” The movie serves as a reminder that freedom is a hard-fought victory. America won its freedom through the Revolutionary War. Sadly, it didn’t end the evil of exploiting the poor, needy, or innocent for gain in America or the world.<\/p>\n

In “The Sound of Freedom,” Caviezel plays federal agent Tim Ballard, who quit his job to save children from human traffickers. It’s an action-packed film with heart, but for Caviezel, it is personal. He said, “My wife and I adopted three children from China. And I was well aware of the problems and dangers that children face globally.”<\/p>\n

Caviezel is a devout Christian best known for playing Jesus in Mel Gibson’s movie “Passion of the Christ.” He said this new movie exposes the spiritual evil that all people can unknowingly be complicit in by doing nothing. Caviezel said, “You have good, and you have evil. It’s always been this way. But then you have the group in the middle that are riding the fence. The devil owns the fence.”<\/p>\n

He said last year, 85,000 children went missing. On April 26th, a whistleblower gave testimony to Homeland Security, discussing what was happening in the world of human trafficking. And yet, Caviezel said, “The next day in the media, it’s as if they didn’t want this story to get out there.”<\/p>\n