The American Experience - The Amish (2012)

The American Experience - The Amish (2012)

IMDb rating: 7.9

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.

specs: Runtime: 112 min - 1 852 Kbps

comment: Looking at the Amish makes you realize how utterly satanic the mainstream American and western way of life has become. When you live the mainstream way of life then you have become blind to this realization. Just live with the Amish for three months and come back to your old life and you will be shocked. You will have the culture-shock of your life. The Amish are worthy of salvation IMHO. I like them.