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.
The Residents
In 2014, The Residents began collaborating with director Don Hardy on a video series starring Randy, entitled "In My Room", as well as a feature length documentary film covering the history of the group, entitled "Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents". The production of this film involved the digital transfer of the group's many years of archived video, film and tape, including the production materials shot for "Vileness Fats" between 1972 and 1976. "Theory of Obscurity" was completed in 2015 and premiered at SXSW Film Festival.