The Amish

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.

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.

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.