Jacob Chambers, a rookie human trafficker, struggles with the morality of his current job. He’s good at what he does, but should he be doing it? Jacob asks this question among many more while on the job with his partner, Grant. Their conversation is cut short when they run late for a life-changing meeting.
Gavin is a filmmaker from the southern tip of Texas, The Rio Grande Valley. Gavin believes that “everyone in the goddamn world has a story to tell. Why aren’t they?” He wishes to be an artistic medium for those who cannot express themselves on their own. Gavin sees the world from a gritty point of view, something he tries to convey in his art.
I’m a student attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Houston is about an hour drive from school, so my friends and I often frequent the area. Living so close to Houston, we learned that the city has a huge human trafficking and kidnapping issue. I reached out to some friends who sadly, had a lot of first-hand experience with this.
I asked a friend of a friend to describe her kidnapper to me, and she said that “he looked like a normal guy.” Literally, anyone can do and be anything, and that is terrifying. Freelance tries to hit that motif right on the head by telling the tale of two criminals who are introduced as harmless nobodies.