Teens get a seat at QAnon ‘blockbuster’ and Craig Kelly is baaack

Cry Freedom Given the method by which Sound of Freedom reached our screens in the first place, it would seem impossible that anyone could go into the movie unaware of, at the very least, the fringe politics that animates its star and some of its audience.

But that appears to be the case at a NSW high school, a tipster tells us. To recap, the movie is the true(ish) story of Tim Ballard, a Homeland Security agent who leaves the government and sets up Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), an anti-human trafficking outfit that rescues children from sex traffickers in South America. Sound of Freedom is also known as the first QAnon blockbuster, partly due to star Jim Caviezel’s theories.

The parent of a Year 9 student has told us their child’s geography class was taken to see the film last week. This parent, who was across the QAnon connection, told us they refused permission for their child to attend, having been told by the school that it wasn’t compulsory and wouldn’t form the basis of any assessments, and further that the class would not be “getting into” the controversy surrounding the movie.