In a conversation with The Good Newsroom, Tim Ballard, a former U.S. Homeland Security agent whose life-risking missions to rescue trafficked children inspired the film “Sound of Freedom,” opens up about his newest project: the documentary “Hidden War.”

This gripping film, Ballard pulls back the curtain on the human cost of modern conflict, revealing how war zones become breeding grounds for some of the darkest crimes imaginable, including the exploitation and trafficking of children.