The Amish

Season 1

This three-part series takes a deep look into Amish communities and their loyalty to their tradition in this ever changing world. In order to keep up financially, the Amish have largely shifted their focus from farming to include a variety of businesses. While staying true to their faith and values each community has accepted varying degrees of modern conveniences to aid them in their daily lives.

20133 episodesTV-PG

Documentary•Unscripted

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S1 E1 - Barn Raising Day
January 1, 2013
42min
TV-PG
Discover how the Amish use century's old techniques to raise a barn in one day. When a barn burns, the loss to an Amish family is catastrophic. Before the embers cool, their community arrives at their doorstep to help the strike family put their lives back together.
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S1 E2 - How They Survive
January 1, 2013
51min
TV-PG
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 people who, as a result of creative disengagement with the culture around them, thrive.
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S1 E3 - Back Roads to Heaven
January 1, 2013
46min
TV-PG
Financial pressures have forced Amish communities to forsake farming for lucrative business enterprises. This adoption of technology has led to an Amish-style min-industrial revolution. Buller's camera captures the changes sweeping across the Amish landscape. His interviews with authors, professors, researchers Donald B Kraybill and Steven M Nolt provide uncommon insight into the Amish mind-set.
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