Angel Studios may be setting a new standard for social impact filmmaking. I knew the studio’s new movie, Sound of Freedom, was a winner when I first tried to buy tickets online: The first three showings on July 4th, release day, were nearly sold out. Indeed, its marketing campaign may be one of the best examples of social media film marketing filmmaking in recent history. (I found out about the movie through my Facebook feed.)
But, as I found out, Sound of Freedom’s success is more than marketing hype. This dramatic movie about human trafficking, and child sex trafficking in particular, is the complete package:
