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.
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.