NEW YORK — Faced with subjects whose religion and culture prohibit them from giving interviews on camera or even posing for pictures, many filmmakers would have given up. The folks at PBS' “American ...

“Holmes County and our surrounding counties are home to the largest community of Amish in the world,” says Bonnie Coblentz, marketing coordinator for the Holmes County Tourism Bureau. About ...

One of the first people we meet in The Amish—airing Tuesday, Feb. 28, on PBS’s American Experience—is a voice: “Tell the cameraman to get lost.” On one level the restraint which this places on this ...

MOLINE — “The Amish Incident: Rural Conflict & Compromise,” the latest film by Mid-America Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Moline, will premiere on WQPT-PBS at 9 p.m. Feb. 10. When ...

The Amish culture has been one that has intrigued people around the world for centuries. Part of the Anabaptist movement, which believes in adult baptism and dates back to the 1500s in Europe, the ...

NICKLE MINES, Pa. (RNS) In the movie, the winding Lancaster County roads, the hay in the barn and even the men’s black boots are squeaky clean, not soiled with the mud and manure that are ...

Viewers of The Amish, a documentary shown on PBS last week as part of the “American Experience” series, may have seen some familiar places. The filmmakers showed vintage footage of Burlington ...