{"id":2025129,"date":"2023-09-07T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-southern-command-cancels-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:42:34","slug":"u-s-southern-command-cancels-sound-of-freedom-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-southern-command-cancels-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Southern Command Scraps &#8216;Sound Of Freedom&#8217; Showings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-southern-command-cancels-sound-of-freedom-screenings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VINEYARD, UTAH \u2013 JUNE 28: \u200cChristopher Backus, Johnny Backus, \u2063Mira Sorvino, Lucia Backus, Holden Backus, Mattea\u200d Backus, \u2062and Saskia Backus attend the premiere of \u201cSound \u200bof Freedom\u201d on\u200c June\u200d 28, 2023 in Vineyard, Utah. (Photo by Fred Hayes\/Getty Images for Angel Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>4:15 \u200cPM \u2013 Thursday, September 7, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Two showings of the <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em> have been\u200d canceled by the military\u2019s United \u200cStates Southern\u2063 Command, or SOUTHCOM, at its headquarters in Doral, Florida.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the command confirmed\u2062 that they would be pulling the Christian thriller from its \u2063scheduled screening. The \u2064film is \u2062a true\u2064 story about a former federal agent who quits his job and embarks on a dangerous\u200d mission to rescue a young girl from sex\u2062 slavery in\u2063 South America. <\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Army Garrison-Miami manager \u2063Joanne \u2064B. Fitzgerald obtained by \u2063The \u2062Military Times, <em>Sound\u2064 of Freedom<\/em> was originally going to be shown at \u200bits headquarters\u200c \u201cin support of\u2063 SOUTHCOM\u2019s mission to promote respect for human \u200crights and combating trafficking\u2062 in persons in Central and South America and the Caribbean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald also noted that \u201cthe showing\u2064 of \u2063this film does not imply or constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army nor \u2064SOUTHCOM.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Military Times reached out \u2063to SOUTHCOM in an email regarding the free \u200bscreenings, initially planned for August 28<sup>th<\/sup> and October 19<sup>th<\/sup>, however the command canceled them\u200c and explained to those on the base that screenings were halted until further notice in order to \u201cprevent \u200bthe \u200dappearance of copyright infringement.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe movie\u2019s central \u2062theme and its connection to SOUTHCOM\u2019s \u200bAOR and our Human Rights Office (HRO) Combatting Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) program are inescapable and \u2063will serve to\u200b raise awareness of the prevalence of trafficking in human persons and \u2064sexual abuse\u2064 and exploitation within \u2062our \u200carea \u200dof responsibility,\u201d \u200cSOUTHCOM said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics have questioned\u200c the decision to play a political and largely Christian film on\u2063 a \u2063federal facility, especially since\u2063 troops \u200bare expected to maintain their political stances while at \u200dwork.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em>,\u2064 which has earned nearly $182 million in the U.S. and \u2063Canada since \u200dits July 4th\u2064 release, has accumulated negative headlines after its \u2064lead actor, Jim Caviezel,\u200b publicly\u2063 associated \u200bthe film\u2019s anti-exploitation plotline with \u200bunproven Q-Anon theories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/what-is-qanon.html\">Q-Anon<\/a> has been\u2063 linked to being a political \u200dconspiracy theory \u200cand \u200cpolitical\u2063 movement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>SOUTHCOM\u2019s spokesperson\u2062 Jose Ruiz \u200dexplained to the outlet that the \u201csubject of\u2062 the movie is something that\u2019s of great concern to the command, \u200din that it follows as part\u2063 of its mission of countering transnational criminal organizations,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause of the\u200d way these transnational criminal organizations exploit migrants \u2014 \u2063the hopes of migrants \u2014\u2062 in ways\u2062 that end up being serious violations to \u200ctheir human rights, and unfortunately\u2064 in some cases lead to the deaths \u200cof the migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amy Colonel Emanuel\u200c Ortiz made a statement regarding the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cInsofar\u2063 as the film is concerned, following this review, a \u2064determination was made \u2064to cancel the screenings,\u201d Ortiz \u2062said. \u201cIndividuals\u200b interested in viewing the film can still do so at a local theater\u200b of their choosing. The now canceled screening was intended to help\u2064 raise awareness of the nexus between [transnational criminal organizations] and human rights\u2062 abuses they frequently commit as \u200cpart of their\u200c human\u2062 smuggling \u200cactivities,\u201d which sometimes falls within SOUTHCOM\u2019s area \u200bof responsibility. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Originally, the\u2063 screening was announced in an e-mail by the U.S. \u2062Army Garrison-Miami (USAG-M), which \u200cinvited\u2062 all locally based military personnel to attend, according to \u200cthe \u200cMilitary Times.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz confirmed that USAG-M and \u2063SOUTHCOM were initially interested in showing the film in order to \u201ceducate\u201d and \u201cinform\u201d the service members of the issues portrayed in \u2064the movie\u2019s central story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>He also stated that\u200b USAG-M \u2063said, \u201cit could \u200bhelp raise awareness \u200dof human rights issues closely associated with the nefarious \u2062activities of transnational criminal organizations (TCO) operating in Central \u200bAmerica, South America and the Caribbean, where SOUTHCOM \u200cclosely partners with Host Nations to counter the threat posed by those violent criminal groups to our hemisphere \u200cand its citizens.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Sound\u200d of Freedom<\/em>, \u200cdirected by Alejandro Gomez \u2063Monteverde, is based on Timothy Ballard\u2019s efforts of \u200danti-trafficking movements. Ballard has claimed to work for the CIA and \u2064the\u2063 Department of Homeland \u2063Security \u200dbefore starting an anti-child-exploitation group known as Operation Underground Railroad.  <\/p>\n<p>However, \u200dmultiple outlets\u200d have reported that Operation Underground Railroad\u2019s missions are difficult to verify and not necessarily truthful.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u200c <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em> screenings\u2064 have\u2063 been \u2062canceled \u200dat\u200c the SOUTHCOM headquarters, they have ultimately promoted the\u2062 film\u2019s showings at local theaters for those still interested in it.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u2064 Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. 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Christopher Backus, Johnny Backus, Mira Sorvino, Lucia Backus, Holden Backus, Mattea Backus, and Saskia Backus were in attendance. 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