Each year students in Dearborn High School’s video program (WDHS) produce a full length feature video. This year is no different and tonight at 7 p.m. at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center the world premier of  “Dare to be Amish” will be shown.

The video is a story of a simple, sincere, Amish teenager that is banished from the Amish community. He then stumbles upon the unexpected world of cheerleading at his new high school, against the wishes of the squad.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $7.

Moviegoers will recognize many Dearborn locations in the video, including Greenfield Village, who allowed the students to tape on their grounds. There also is an appearance by Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. who plays Judge Yoder, the leader of an Amish community, who serves as a kind of mayor, judge and priest.

To keep to the Amish look, O’Reilly, who has a theater background, shaved his moustache for the part.

“The film class is really a great program and the students do a wonderful job each year with their movies,” O’Reilly earlier told the Dearborn Press & Guide. “I’m glad to have this opportunity to be part of their efforts. I know I’ll get questions, but it’s all worth it.”

For more about the feature video, click HERE.

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