Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
Filming of "Nefarious" was started in 2007, marking Nolot's film debut. The initial plan was to create a short film, but the project was expanded when Exodus Cry realized the scope of the issue they were documenting. Nolot, a leader in Mike Bickle's International House of Prayer, travelled to 19 countries to collect material for the film. These filming locations included countries in the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia. Nolot attested to having found it difficult to produce the film due to the subject matter; he stated that "there is not a day that goes by that I am not mindful of the horrific tragedies we uncovered." He further said that he did not make the film for money or for fame but did so in order to rouse people to action against human trafficking, an issue that he feels to be of great importance. Nolot said that the purpose of the film is "to draw people's attention to the issue, but also to inspire them in terms of what they can be doing … to take a stand against this injustice." Steve Willis and Matthew Dickey were the film's cinematographers. Willis, founder of Underpin Photography, also served as photographer while Dickey filled the roles of associate producer and editor, also directing the re-enactment scenes. Actors in these re-enactment scenes included Bill Oberst Jr., Christian Simpson (as Christian J. Simpson), Allison Weissman, Sarah Agor, and Jess Allen. John Samuel Hanson composed the film score for "Nefarious" after having worked on such other projects as "16 Blocks", "Constantine", "The Book of Eli", and "Lost". As of January 2012, Nolot was producing two sequels to "Nefarious".
Part2 Pictures
Part2 Pictures produces documentary, feature film and lifestyle programming for broadcast and digital platforms. In addition to “This is Life” and “Our America,” both of which Lisa Ling hosted and co-produced, the company’s credits include NOVA’s “Engineering Ground Zero,” National Geographic’s “Hard Time” and feature film documentary “An Honest Liar.” It also produced a seven-part series with Oprah Winfrey exploring humankind’s quest for spirituality titled “Belief,” which was released on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2015. In addition, Part2 Pictures helped produce the feature films, "I'll See You In My Dreams" directed by Brett Haley, An Honest Liar directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom chronicling the life of The Amazing Randi, and The Redemption of General Butt Naked, a Sundance Award winning documentary about the African warlord, Joshua Blahyi and directed by Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion. It is currently producing its second season of Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris (journalist) on Investigation Discovery.