Ratings
Financials
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: - $0
Movie Details
Tag Line:
Status: Released
Average Rating: 6
Release Date: Aug 2, 2012
Rating:
Run Time: 1h 00m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Production Companies: BBC Wales
Genres
Keywords
People Rated This
Watch Amish: A Secret Life
Stream with a subscription
Synopsis
Miriam and Dave Lapp are a charming young couple with a brood of adorable children. Dave works in and part owns a construction company. They are also members of the 'Old Order' Amish community in Pennsylvania,whose church forbids all technology - though Dave gets lifts to work in a car and the couple,by allowing themselves to be filmed,risk the wrath of church elders. Having outlined their traditional life-style to camera Miriam persuades several friends to be happily filmed and it becomes clear that the Lapps and other,younger Amish,believe that,having been rebaptized to allow a more open evangelical approach - risking excommunication thereby - they feel the need for a change in the community. The film ends as the family consolidates its dream to own their own farm.
Main Cast
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
---|---|---|
Directing | Director |
Lynn Alleway
|
Production | Producer |
Lynn Alleway
|
Executive Producer |
Tim Green
|
|
Camera | Director of Photography |
Steve Robinson
|
Editing | Editor |
Sean Mackenzie
|
Department | Role | Name |