A richly detailed account of Amish life. Joseph W. Yoder writes of his own brothers and people: as one who left the plainest of the Amish, he speaks honestly of the shortcomings, and passionately of the beauty of the Amish way of life.

 

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the oldest Amish community in America.  An updated (2000) look at Amish origins, farm life, childhood, school, worship, recreation, courtship, barn-raising, horse-transportation, tourism, land pressures, and new cottage industries.  Available on DVD and VHS.

 

 

 

 

 

This documentary takes you on an intimate journey into Ohio Amish life and culture.  You will discover how rapid growth and economic pressures threaten their community. You will also meet a people who, as a result of creative disengagement with the culture around them, thrive.  Preferring community to technology, the Amish live their lives in close fellowship with each other. Within their religious communities, everyone agrees on what technologies to adopt, what clothes to wear and what horse powered transportation to drive.  Available on DVD and VHS.