The one-hour documentary explores filmmaker Paul Plett's personal heritage/faith and follows him exploring his family/faith roots in Manitoba, Ukraine, and the Netherlands.
This is a gentle reflection that touches on whether "Mennonite" is faith, ethnicity, or both. Plett sums up his understanding at the film's end. There is no new historical information provided in the movie, but it is engagingly presented.
Most of the interviewees are present very briefly. There is little about actual Mennonite beliefs, except for a very personal reflection on pacifism by Olga Rubel, Plett's guide in Ukraine. I found the reflection on the meaning of "Mennonite" by Dutch Mennonite pastor Flora Visser much less stimulating. Her explanation seemed to be a vague nonconformity. I would have wished for a bit more on the content of Mennonite faith.
The opening of the film shows Plett in a straw hat, beard, suspenders. Unfortunately, I think this suggests a light-hearted, humorous film. Viewers looking for that approach will be disappointed.