The crowd sourced encyclopedia's article on the documentary, read directly for this entry. Its strength is a clear account of the film's production, its named teenage subjects, its Sundance premiere and festival record, and its plain explanation of rumspringa and of Amish baptism and shunning. It is cited here for the film's own production and reception facts, not as an authority on Amish belief and practice generally, which the atlas's own Amish entity carries separately.
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Reliability Tier3
Wikipedia's community maintained article on the documentary is a continuously revised tertiary encyclopedia entry with no named author or peer review process, hence the lower tier, though useful here for the film's production and festival record. NotesRead directly. Cited for the January 2002 Sundance premiere, director Lucy Walker, the 77 minute runtime, filming in LaGrange County, Indiana, the five named teenage subjects, the plain definition of rumspringa, and the film's treatment of adult baptism and shunning of members who leave the church after being baptized.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Playground_(2002_film)
Source Typereference
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This source names Amish directly: "plain explanation of rumspringa and of Amish baptism and shunning."
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- Screen Works, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
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