After the movie Witness was made, Amish leaders got an agreement from the state government that it wouldn't promote movies that feature the Amish.
Because the State is suppressing the normal flow of artistic productions with its' agreement to not promote movies of the Amish, it is in effect enhancing the ability of the churches authoritarian leadership to control the message. This not only determines what non-amish people see and hear, but also their own followers.
In another time and place, this would be known as state sponsored religion.
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