Line In The Sand World Premiere - James O'Keefe Interview

KFI News' Andrew Caravella interviews journalist and ex-Project Veritas Chairman James O'Keefe about this first feature film, Line In The Sand.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Journalists, ex Project Veritas chairman and now documentary filmmaker James
O'Keeffe is taking his hidden camera style of storytelling to
the next level. In the world premiere of his debut film,
Line in the Sand, O'Keeffe alleges corruption at the Southern border,
which is complicating the border crisis to a level never
before seen In this manner now, O'Keefe is known for

(00:22):
producing videos with undercover audio and video in mostly public
sector settings, displaying a narrative of alleged abuse or illegal
behavior by representatives of organizations. KFI was at the world
premiere and spoke to O'Keefe about his film. He told
us what sparked his interest in taking on such a
difficult project documenting what's happening at the Southern Border.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
I was at the airport in Phoenix and some attendance
ticket counter guy was like, you need to go follow
that bus. And I followed the bus to an NGO
in Arizona, and it's one thing led to another, and
I thought, why don't we just follow the journey of
the immigrants all the way from their origin to their
final destination. And that's what we did. From Mexico all

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the Way to Los Angeles.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Oh Keith. Throughout the film appears to have reflective moments,
mostly when it comes to how the illegal immigrants are
being treated.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
The people are such a commodity and they were making
money off of them, and it was all about money.
It just seemed to be all about money at every turn. Really.
That was surprising to me that everyone was just I'm
making money off everyone's making money off this crisis, and
I wanted.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
People to be.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Immersed in it, like they were there with the immigrants,
following their journey. That's what I wanted this to show.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
O'keef was asked why he chose to partner with conservative
media commentator Tucker Carlson by premiering the film on his network.
O'Keefe says, Carlson is the biggest name there is and
they also have a history together.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
I used to work with him with The Daily Caller
like fourteen years ago. I made the film first and
then we showed it to their team and he really
liked it.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Now, a narrative usually follows content made by O'Keefe. He
was asked about that.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Most people, they make a narrative or they write a
script right and then they get things to justify this
script that they've written. I did not come in this
with any script. I was flying completely blind, just observing
the world around me, and then these things, these crazy
things happened, like the cartel was threatening me and screaming

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at me over the loudspeaker, and rode the train and
was detained by the Mexican guard. And one thing out
fled to another. And I think journalism, you follow the
lead and it takes you from place to place.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
O'Keefe and his camera crew spent the first seven months
of twenty twenty four filming this project in Mexico, Arizona, Texas,
New Mexico, California, New York, and Vermont.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
I mean, I don't want to give away the ending
above the film, but that is the film is the
biggest call to action imaginable. It's a very dark, cynical
film in that it shows how broken the system is,
but it ends on a very uplifting note and it
suggests that to change the system, it's going to require
one man acting as a catalyst to inspire other people
to follow his cause.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
At the end of the premiere, O'Keefe stood up in
front of the audience, alleging that more border patrol agents
will be coming forward as whistleblowers to bring light to
what's really happening with illegal immigration.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
There are a few, very brave people are stepping forward,
and that's what we need. That's what we're going to need,
or nothing's going to change. And I mean, I don't
know how you change the system unless you have people
that are really brave.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
According to data from the Department of Homeland Security, over
seventy percent of adult and family migrants picked up by
border patrol have been deported from the US since President
Biden started limiting asylum processing in June. That number is
up from twenty five percent in May of this year.
In total, since the policy went into effect, the US
has carried out over one hundred and twenty one thousand

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returns and deportations of migrants in Newport Beach Andrew Caravella
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