Beyond Belief

Over the weekend I watched two incredible documentaries on Netflix – both streaming. (Which, by the way, if you don’t have Netflix you should jump on board now while it’s still $8…I suspect this will go up.)

I digress.

I wanted to do a quick spotlight on these documentaries – I really think film is one of the best ways we can try to begin to understand about cultures, lives, experiences and beliefs that are different from our own.

Beyond Belief is the story of two women who were widowed by 9/11. They found each other after their husbands were killed and quickly forged a strong friendship. But instead of allowing their grief to dominate their life, they decided to turn their tragedy into something that would help other widows…in Afghanistan.

Here is the trailer…

The documentary is powerful and reminded me that people still live daily with the tragedy of September 11th. But it also taught me more about the plight of women in countries like Afghanistan. These women are faced with realities that I will never experience simply because I live in the United States. It’s incredible to get to hear from these widows (both the American and the Afghan women) and watch as women overcome incredible loss and grief. Their courage and perseverance is almost beyond belief.

Highly recommend this film – here is the Netflix link.

And here is where you can learn more about their organization, Beyond the 11th.

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