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Leaving Amish Paradise

Season 1
What happens when you take a culture that’s shunned the modern world and force it to live in the 21st century? The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress as their forebears did when they landed in America 300 years ago. Countless rules prevent them from using electric lights, radio, TV and mobile phones. This documentary follows two Amish families struggling to get to grips with modernity.
20111 episode
TV-G
Free trial of BBC Select

Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Leaving Amish Paradise
    March 15, 2011
    52min
    ALL
    What happens when you take a culture that’s shunned the modern world and force it to live in the 21st century? The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress as their forebears did when they landed in America 300 years ago. Countless rules prevent them from using electric lights, radio, TV and mobile phones. This documentary follows two Amish families struggling to get to grips with modernity.
    Free trial of BBC Select

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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Andrew Tait
Producers
Andrew Tait
Starring
Andrew Tait
Studio
BBC
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