Beyond Belief

With digital and broadcast storytelling and events designed with partners in the community, Beyond Belief explores the interplay of religious life with youth culture, race, civic engagement and economic disparity in Kansas City. 

Part of a national initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Beyond Belief challenges community members to imagine concrete ways to strengthen dialogue.

The half-hour film presents three stories of faith in action: Students from two very different high schools journey south together on the Civil Rights trail; a congregation in Brookside welcomes a growing group of refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo and other African nations; and a Grandview church holds Sunday services in English and Spanish.

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Beyond Belief is just one of 15 projects around the country that are challenging old models of public broadcasting and breaking down barriers of access for community members to tell their own stories. It’s the brainchild of AIR, a Boston-based group of independent producers that supports projects in every corner of the country, reaching out to underserved audiences and are striving to change the old model of “we report, you listen.” 

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