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.

Beyond Belief is one of 15 Localore: Finding America projects developed in 2017. Watch the full film on PBS.