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U.S. Southern Command can’t get their story straight. They’ve tried three of them and none make sense. They canceled scheduled showings of the movie “Sound of Freedom” despite the fact it’s based on true events and they’re the ones depicted in the film. Not one of their lame excuses holds a single drop of water and Senator Marco Rubio is calling them out for it.
Story keeps changing
The story keeps changing but makes less sense every time it does. Eduardo Verástegui, the producer of blockbuster film “Sound of Freedom,” says he’s disappointed “after planned screenings of the hit movie at a U.S. military installation were canceled for mysterious reasons.”
They aren’t all that mysterious. The brass simply doesn’t want anyone to know the truth because too many high profile Democrats are implicated.
Verástegui and others involved with the project “have been trying for weeks to reschedule a screening of the movie for troops at U.S. Southern Command.”
Seems unlikely Angel Studios would not do everything possible here to help get this movie seen by this group…
US Southern Command Cancels Screenings of 'Sound of Freedom' for Military Members | CBN News https://t.co/X2YtDIiLae
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) September 10, 2023
They were supposed to “host two showings of the thriller that has grossed over $200 million. However, those screenings were suddenly canceled under what he believed were confusing circumstances.” The first story the Pentagon came up with was “copyright infringement issues.” When the producer heard that one he hit the ceiling.
“I made ‘Sound of Freedom‘ to raise awareness of the rampant sex trafficking of children happening throughout Latin America and into the United States with the goal of ending this modern-day slave trade.”
“Because SOUTHCOM’s brave soldiers work to break up the transnational criminal organizations responsible for drug and sex-trafficking into the U.S., we wanted to inspire and thank them for their service by offering a private screening on base.” Those who are part of the story deserve all the recognition they can get.
Base leadership censorship
Screenings were all set up for August 28 and October 19, “but were canceled shortly before the first scheduled event.” Military Times quoted base leadership explaining that “the screenings were canceled in order to ‘prevent the appearance of copyright infringement.‘” That story is a crock of bleep, the filmmaker declares.
He’s willing to sign any waiver they want and the brass can stick it up their wazoo in triplicate. “However, the filmmakers argued no such concerns over copyright existed, with Verástegui telling Fox News Digital they ‘made it 100% clear that there are no copyright concerns with SOUTHCOM hosting the movie while it was in theaters.‘”
After emails went back and forth, the story changed. “Because the film is already accessible in local theaters, we are respectfully declining the offer to screen it at our headquarters,” a SOUTHCOM spokesperson declared. That was expected to be the end of it but wasn’t. Florida Senator Marco Rubio mailed them a formal letter “urging” them to reschedule the screenings “without delay.”
U.S. Southern Command Cancels ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Screenings https://t.co/PziJt162Gr #OAN
— One America News (@OANN) September 7, 2023
Rubio made sure to point out that the film’s entire plot is “directly in line with SOUTHCOM’s mission to combat trafficking and transnational criminal organizations in the command’s area of responsibility.” The “real-life events portrayed in the movie also occurred in SOUTHCOM’s Area of responsibility.”
They changed the story again after “Rubio further argued that U.S. military installations have previously hosted private screenings of films, including over 20 private screenings of the film ‘Elvis‘ at Army and Air Force installations last year.”
They’re still saying no. Verástegui is determinined. He’s “willing to get on a plane if needed tomorrow” and would bring “Tim Ballard, the real-life hero of the movie, to deliver a copy of the film to the troops.” The more they try to cover it up the more everyone can tell how important the story is.
