I can’t wait to see a documentary Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. on PBS entitled “The Amish.” Pass the popcorn, I will absolutely be watching! After “boasting” yesterday here about how many different Amish settlements I’ve been to, here comes a documentary that takes a wide-ranging geographical view in offering a 2-hour documentary about the Amish. The title is simply The Amish. I can’t wait to see where they visit, who they talk to, how they interpret what they find? This documentary sounds like it might be one of the best produced about the Amish and in the link at the end I am sharing there is a TEN MINUTE preview of the documentary, so go watch it!:) I am hopeful that this will be the rare media that showcases the diversity within the Amish. I will have to say that I chuckled when reading about the producers being in such a conundrum about how to film a people who don’t want to be filmed. Yea, tell me about it! I’ve been dealing with that dilemma for 20 years. That’s why I go on morning TV shows to make Lovina’s recipes and Lovina doesn’t. That’s why you see ME in videos on this website and not Lovina. The vast majority of Old Order Amish would not agree to be filmed (although there are exceptions, see “Amish 101″ above) We dealt with this extensively when producing our next major cookbook, Amish Cooks Across America. I still think we did a superb job of capturing the essence of the Amish in America without capturing them on film. So I’m eager to see how the producers of The Amish do it for two hours. Click here to watch the 10 minute clip and read a great article about in Mennonite Weekly.
Hey Kevin,,,will you keep us updated on when this show will air? Please
Yes, absolutely! And welcome, nice to see you here (not that it’s not nice to see you on Facebook as well!)
This should be interesting and I’m looking forward to it too! Thanks for the preview, Kevin!
Oh I will be watching this one!! Thanks for telling us. I will be on the look-out for it.
I’ll be watching! Also, on a friends facebook was a link to a youtube video previewing a book series by Beverly Lewis called “The Fiddler, Home to Hickory Hollow Series #1″ that looks very interesting. I wasn’t familiar with her until I looked at her other works on her site. Kevin, check it out and it may be something you can link to from here also if you like it. I just went to youtube, typed in “The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis” in the search and it was the first one on the list. It looks to be very good!
I look forward to seeing the Amish on PBS. Also, I am an avid reader of Beverly Lewis’s books. I think I have read all her adult books and even most of her children’s books. I’ll have see when her latest book is coming outt.