Benjamin Nolot

Benjamin Nolot is an American filmmaker and the CEO and founder of Exodus Cry, a Christian social activist group focused on the issue of human trafficking which has expressed opposition to the "entire global sex industry, including prostitution, pornography, and stripping". Nolot has also been involved with an International House of Prayer ministry which is based in Sacramento, California.

Career Nolot has written, directed, and produced several films. His directing and producing credits include: Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011), Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution (2017), Spring Break Emcees (2017), Seattle’s Bikini Baristas (2019), and Existence (2020). He wrote Nefarious, Liberated, and Seattle’s Bikini Baristas. Nolot also acted in the short film Existence. directed, produced, and narrated Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, a documentary film about human trafficking. He also conducted the interviews in the film, speaking with such people as a police officer and a pimp. Nefarious was Nolot's film debut. At the 2011 California Film Awards, Nefarious made Nolot the Grand Winner in the Best First-Time Documentary category. At the 2012 Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival, Nolot was named Best Director.

Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution Nolot directed, wrote, and produced this 2017 Netflix documentary. The film documents college spring breakers in Panama City, Florida, commenting on the exploitation of female bodies and the porn industry's impact on millennial hookup culture. Liberated toured in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. However, the film was criticized for its "painting of casual sex as inherently disempowering and the framing of sex as the most sacred act in the world", and has been described as "a Christian documentary disguising itself with no mention of its religious bias".

Controversy In 2020, actress Melissa McCarthy and HBO withdrew their support from Exodus Cry after learning that Nolot had expressed "virulent views on social media about abortion rights and gay marriage."