Editing Mennonites (section)

== In popular culture ==

Mennonites have been portrayed in many areas of popular culture, especially [[Mennonite literature|literature]], film, and television.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carpenter |first=Steven P. |title=Mennonites and Media: Mentioned in it, Maligned by it, and Makers of It |date=2015 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers}}</ref> Notable novels about or written by Mennonites include ''[[A Complicated Kindness]]'' by [[Miriam Toews]], ''[[Peace Shall Destroy Many]]'' by [[Rudy Wiebe]], ''[[The Salvation of Yasch Siemens]]'' by [[Armin Wiebe]], ''The Russlander'' by [[Sandra Birdsell]], ''[[A Year of Lesser]]'' by [[David Bergen]], ''A Dream of a Woman'' by [[Casey Plett]], and ''[[Once Removed (novel)|Once Removed]]'' by [[Andrew Unger]].<ref name="gameo.org">{{Cite web |title=Literature, North American Mennonite (1960s–2010s) |url=https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Literature,_North_American_Mennonite_(1960s-2010s) |access-date=26 November 2018 |publisher=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221707/https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Literature,_North_American_Mennonite_(1960s-2010s) |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rhoda Janzen]]'s memoir ''Mennonite in a Little Black Dress'' was a best-seller.<ref name="gameo.org"/> In 1975 [[Victor Davies]] composed the Mennonite Piano Concerto and in 1977 composer [[Glenn Gould]] featured Manitoba Mennonites in his experimental radio documentary ''The Quiet in the Land'', part three of his [[Solitude Trilogy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Making Believe: Questions About Mennonites and Art|author=Magdalene Redekop|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|date=2020}}</ref> In the 1990s, photographer [[Larry Towell]] documented the lives of Canadian and Mexican Mennonites, subsequently published in a volume by [[Phaidon Press]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 19 Best Photobooks of 2014|publisher=Mother Jones|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/12/favorite-photobooks-2014/|accessdate=1 July 2022|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701052250/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/12/favorite-photobooks-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Mexican director [[Carlos Reygadas]] directed ''[[Silent Light]]'', the first ever feature film in the Russian Mennonite dialect of [[Plautdietsch]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motion Pictures and Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites |url=https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Motion_Pictures_and_Amish,_Hutterites,_and_Mennonites |access-date=26 November 2018 |publisher=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221736/https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Motion_Pictures_and_Amish,_Hutterites,_and_Mennonites |url-status=live }}</ref> Other films depicting Mennonites include ''[[I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight]]'', as well as ''[[All My Puny Sorrows (film)|All My Puny Sorrows]]'' and the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning ''[[Women Talking (film)|Women Talking]]'', both based on Miriam Toews novels. Mennonites have also been depicted on television, including the show ''[[Pure (Canadian TV series)|Pure]]'', and in episodes of ''[[Schitt's Creek]]'', ''[[Letterkenny (TV series)|Letterkenny]]''<ref>{{Citation|last=Tierney|first=Jacob|title=Dyck's Slip Out|date=25 December 2018|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9499948/?ref_=ttep_ep5|type=Comedy|others=Jared Keeso, Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K. Trevor Wilson|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309025514/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9499948/?ref_=ttep_ep5|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Simpsons]]'', which was created by [[Matt Groening]], himself of Russian Mennonite descent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Groenings, the Simpsons and the Mennonites |date=28 August 2007 |url=https://themennonite.org/groenings-simpsons-mennonites |access-date=26 November 2018 |publisher=The Mennonites |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129065017/https://themennonite.org/groenings-simpsons-mennonites/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Andrew Unger's satirical news website ''[[The Daily Bonnet|The Unger Review]]'' (formerly called ''The Daily Bonnet'') pokes fun at Mennonite culture and traditions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Downey Sawatzky |first=Beth |date=24 August 2016 |title=Familiarity breeds good content |work=The Canadian Mennonite |url=http://www.canadianmennonite.org/stories/familiarity-breeds-good-content/ |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127110316/https://www.canadianmennonite.org/stories/familiarity-breeds-good-content/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Huber |first=Tim |date=4 July 2016 |title=Satire news site pokes fun at Mennonite quirks |work=Mennonite World Review |url=http://mennoworld.org/2016/07/04/feature/satire-site-pokes-fun-at-mennonite-quirks/ |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221441/http://mennoworld.org/2016/07/04/feature/satire-site-pokes-fun-at-mennonite-quirks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>