Synopsis:
58: is the inspiring true story of the global Church in action. Witness bravery and determined faith in a journey from the slums of Kenya to the streets of New York. Confront the brutality of extreme poverty and meet those who live out the True Fast of Isaiah 58 and create stunning new possibilities for the future. Travel from the sun-scorched plains of rural Ethiopia to British shopping centers, from Brazilian ganglands quarries of India to western churches, businesses and conferences. Experience eye-opening reasons to lift our expectations of the future. This film draws audiences in? a young British woman prevailing over the pressures of consumer society, Ethiopian Christians working to restore their environment, an American business owner promoting Fair Trade coffee and focusing on ending poverty, a local pastor in India working for those enslaved by bonded labor, and the sacrificial generosity of New York youth giving up their food to those with even less.