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A Tale of Three Cities

The Search for a Kansas City Crime Fix

As violent crime dropped nationwide in 2023, Kansas City saw its highest rates. The recent deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade shined an international spotlight on the issue, leaving many to wonder if the shooting was enough to galvanize the city to tackle violent crime head-on. In search of solutions, filmmaker Michael Price explores successful crime reduction programs in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas, and Omaha, Nebraska, immersing viewers in critical conversations about violent crime and inspiring meaningful action.

A Tale of Three Cities

As violent crime dropped nationwide in 2023, Kansas City saw its highest rates.

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Services for Those Impacted by Violent Crime

AdHoc Group Against Crime is a provider of supportive services for those impacted by violence and homicide in the Kansas City Metro.

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Meet the Filmmaker

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Michael Price

Michael Price studied law at Oxford University and has a masters degree in radio from Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a former producer with the BBC’s national flagship current affairs program Panorama, working out of London and Belfast. During his time there he covered a wide variety of global topics such as illegal logging in the Brazilian rainforest, the war in Afghanistan, and working conditions in retail distribution centers.

In 2013 he started the production company English Landing Films. His investigative documentaries have won four regional Emmys, and in 2017 his film Our Divided City won a national prize for the best documentary on PBS.

He currently lives in Kansas City with his wife and teaches media and videography at Johnson County Community College, Kansas.

Gun ConundrumThe Gun Conundrum
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A new documentary from Michael Price that goes inside Kansas City’s most deadly debate.

Michael Price
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The Gun Conundrum
Gun Conundrum
The Gun Conundrum
How Should We Care?
Age-Old Questions: A Revealing Look at the State of Aging
How Should We Care?
Our Divided City
Our Divided City
Our Divided City

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  • D. Rashaan Gilmore smiling, Flatland in Focus with D. Rashaan Gilmore
  • Nichols Folly, A Century of the Country Club Plaza, plaza fountain
  • Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, art car, Salvation Mountain
  • Flatland Presents Passing the Baton, Black fist clenching words like Black Lives Matter
  • Age-Old Questions, A Revealing Look at the State of Aging, image of older woman looking out window
  • We Are Latinos, Discovering the Latino Community of Kansas City, portion of mural
  • The Gun Conundrum, image of gun
  • A Flatland Original, Art House, KC Conversations About the Art of Film, image of old projector
  • Get Lost! Kansas City PBS logo, Michael and Lonita
  • Womontown, two women embrace
  • "AIDS in KC: The Early Days" poster