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Director:
Lucy Walker
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Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
Which path will they choose?
Plot:
Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose. | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
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User Comments:
Very interesting look at a period in Amish Life where they get to catch up.. more (23 total)

Cast

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Velda Bontrager ... Herself
Joann Hochstetler ... Herself
Emma Miller ... Herself
Faron Yoder ... Himself
Gerald Yutzy ... Himself
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Runtime:
77 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
LaGrange County, Indiana, USA more
Company:
Cinemax Reel Life more

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Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV) more

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Very interesting look at a period in Amish Life where they get to catch up.., 15 August 2007
10/10
Author: kaijawitch from United States

I don't see how it could have been made any better.. I have actually "met" one of the girls on this documentary.. took me awhile to realize it was her.. I go to an Amish flee market every year in Shipshewana Indiana (where pieces of this were filmed.. Legrange County) The only people I "met" were the waitresses at Das Essenhaus.. (great restaurant).. I am actually surprised that I didn't see more of what is shown in this going on.. It is a very hard community to film.. many of them would not allow it..

One of the most interesting parts to me was when one of the guys was describing why they don't use technology.. I was always under the impression that they thought it was ungodly or evil.. but it's more a matter of taking away from the closeness of family.. \ I think this one is a must see.. it is well done, the kids are straight up and honest about what they are doing during this time.. and nothing seemed forced..

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