THE movie Sound of Freedom is based on a true story about former CIA agent Tim Ballard, who quit his job to investigate human trafficking of children for sexual abuse both online and in the real world in the United States, has beaten some of the top-grossing movies released this year. The movie, made by Angel Studios CEO Neal Harmon, on a small budget of $14 million, has already grossed $155 million. It is an adventure crime thriller that tells of the kidnapping and trafficking to Colombia of very young girls and boys from Honduras. There, they are sold to pedophiles and, in particular, to a jungle-based drug gang leader.
Oliver Anthony, from Virginia, struck all the right chords with his blue-collar anthem, creating the perfecting the recipe for a viral hit to translate into an unprecedented music moment.
The unadorned video suddenly appeared on social media this month: a young man with a bushy red beard and a guitar in a backwoods locale, dogs at his feet and bugs buzzing in the background. In an impassioned drawl, he sings a country-folk anthem about selling his soul “working all day,” and being kept in his place by inflation, high taxes and the elites he holds responsible: “Rich Men North of Richmond.” On Monday, hardly a week after the song’s release, the previously unknown songwriter and one
Sound of Freedom, the surprise summer box office hit, has officially crossed the $175 million mark this week. The Angel Studios-produced film, which was
A song by the previously unknown Oliver Anthony Music struck a chord with conservative pundits. Its quick trip to No. 1 relied on tactics that help pop stars go viral.