Devil's Playground (2002 film)

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Devil's Playground
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Directed by	Lucy Walker
Produced by	Steven Cantor
Starring	Velda Bontrager Joann Hochstetler Emma Miller Faron Yoder Gerald Yutzy
Production company	Stick Figure Productions
Distributed by	Cinemax
Release date	January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11) (Sundance Film Festival)[1]
Running time	77 minutes
Language	English

Devil's Playground is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Lucy Walker about the experiences of several Amish youths who decide 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 baptized 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.