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Devil’s Playground is a 2002
documentary film by Stick Figure Productions, directed by
Lucy Walker about the experiences of several
Amish youths deciding whether to remain in or leave their community and faith during the period known as
rumspringa (“running around” in Pennsylvania Dutch). The film follows a few Amish
teenagers in
LaGrange County, Indiana who enter the “english” (non-Amish) world and experience partying,
drinking,
illegal drugs, and
pre-marital sex. Some teens in the film profess that they will eventually become
baptised as adults in the Amish community. If they are baptized, then leave the church, they will be
shunned by family and friends; one girl recounts her experience of this."
