Lyrical and meditative, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to five hundred year-old traditions have by turns captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. With unprecedented access to the Amish built on patience and hard-won trust, the film is the first to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group. In doing so, it paints an extraordinarily intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life. It questions why and how the Amish, an insistently closed and communal culture, have thrived within one of the most open, individualistic societies on earth.
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20 people
Steve Ballan
Self
David Belton
Susan Bellows
Janice Ballenger
Self - Assistant Coroner
Sarah Colt
David Furlong
Self - Husband of Saloma
Sharon Grimberg
Saloma Furlong
Self - Former Amish
Susan Mottau
Gertrude E Huntington
Self - Anthropologist
Mark Samels
Karen M Johnson-Weiner
Self - Anthropologist
David Belton Director
United States release February 28, 2012 · Production WGBH Boston
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WGBH Boston
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English
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English
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United States · February 28, 2012
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