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.
Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream in Cinema
The documentary is the first directorial work of Polish-born director Mariusz Kotowski. Kotowski had previously worked as a dancer and dance choreographer, and invested three years of work and a considerable personal fortune into producing the "Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema" documentary. He has gone on to direct the Holocaust film "Esther's Diary" (2010, originally released as "Forgiveness" [2008]), which featured a lead character built strongly on Pola Negri, and the erotic psychological thriller "Deeper and Deeper" (2009) starring David Lago ("The Young and the Restless"). Kotowski also went on to author a Polish-language Pola Negri biography entitled "Pola Negri: Legenda Hollywood" (English title: "Pola Negri: Hollywood Legend"), which was released in Poland in 2011.