We Believe in Dinosaurs

Movie by Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross. “We Believe in Dinosaurs” tells the story of the troubling relationship between science and religion in the United States.

Amid protests and controversy, young-earth creationists and evolution denialists build an enormous, $120 million “life-size” Noah’s Ark in rural Kentucky with the specific aim of proving that the Bible is scientifically and historically accurate. ”We Believe in Dinosaurs” follows the building of the Ark from blueprints to opening day through the eyes of three Kentuckians: Doug, a gifted artist who creates lifelike animals for the Ark; Dan, a geologist and impassioned pro-science activist who blows the whistle on the Ark’s discriminatory hiring practices; and David, a young former creationist who mowed lawns to raise money for creationist causes in his youth.

This movie is free and open to the public. It is part of the 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.