Menno’s Reins – A Dramatized History of the Mennonites of Manitoba: (2008) (60 min.)

This film includes two parts of dramatized monologues based on Mennonite history from 1525-2008. Part one explains early history of the Anabaptist movement with a spotlight on ‘John’ Menno Simons (played by John Friesen), who is a farmer moving from Prussia to Russia. Part two entails a story of a teacher in Southern Manitoba, and highlights migration to North America/Western Canada.

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