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devil's playground
director: lucy walker
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this is an incredible documentary exploring the amish tradition called "rumspringa" where 16 year old amish kids are allowed to go out into the world and decide whether or not they want to get baptized and join the church. basically, it's up to two years of spring break for these kids. drinking, smoking, sex and drugs is pretty much the name of the game. they get jobs, get cars, get non-amish boyfriends/girlfriends and they're off! the filmmakers follow several teens as one gets into serious drugs (dealing and using), one completely leaves the church and is shunned by her family and friends and one that ends up joining the church. unbelievably, a factoid at the end says that nearly 90% do decide to stay amish.
watching it sparked a lot of discussion on "english" society and amish culture and at 77 minutes you can afford to watch it.
(obviously, i forgot this was only supposed to be a two sentence review. well, i'm not going to delete it now. you'll just have to read two sentences at a time and keep coming back till yer finished)
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reviewed by: lisa may |
April 2004 [link] |
recommend 1 thumbs up
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