Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
"Nefarious" was written, directed, produced, and narrated by Benjamin Nolot, founder and president of Exodus Cry. Exodus Cry, which distributed the film, is headquartered in Grandview, Missouri and is an organization that opposes human trafficking by raising awareness, by reintegrating victims back into society, and by prayer. Nolot founded Exodus Cry in 2007 after a woman he did not know gave him , saying that God told her to do so in order that Nolot might found an anti-human-trafficking organization. This was founded at a prayer meeting later that year where attendees prayed for human trafficking victims. The organization claims that this prayer meeting occurred on the day before the announcement of the 2007 international child pornography investigation, which involved approximately 2,400 human-trafficking-related arrests in 77 countries.
Micki Dickoff
Micki Dickoff is an American director, writer and producer of social justice films. Her critically acclaimed feature documentary, "Neshoba: The Price of Freedom," about justice, healing and racial reconciliation, opened theatrically in New York and Los Angeles to rave reviews by top critics, winning dozens of Best Documentary and Special Jury Awards in film festivals worldwide. "Neshoba" was one of three finalists for the prestigious Humanitas Prize and selected to participate in the American Documentary Showcase in Kenya, Africa. Micki's latest film, "The Gathering," profiles exonerated death row survivors who become warriors against the death penalty. The film premiered at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C., presented by the EU Delegation to the United States and won Best Short Documentary at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Her new film, "The Legacy," focuses on generational poverty and children at risk. Shot over more than two decades and still in progress, the film tells the story of three generations of an African American family trying to break the cycle of poverty, prison, drugs and injustice. The planned release date for "The Legacy" is the fall of 2018.