When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community.
Acting
Kimberly Williams-Paisley carries the film's moral weight with restraint.
Writing
Adapts real events without sanitizing the community's internal conflict.
Director
Gregg Champion
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Ida Graber
Tammy Blanchard
Amy Roberts
Fay Masterson
Jill Green
Madison Mason
Levi Brennaman
Gary Graham
Henry Taskey
Darcy Rose Byrnes
Rebecca Knepp
Karley Scott Collins
Katie Graber
Eugene Byrd
Danny
Bruce Nozick
Leonard
Amy Sloan
Rachel Knepp
John Churchill
Charlie Roberts
Madison Davenport
Mary Beth Graber
Matt Letscher
Gideon Graber
Eric Nenninger
State Trooper
Willow Geer
Judith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Nickel Mines shooting inspired this film and the documentary 'The Amish'; the community refused participation in both.
The Amish tradition of 'forgiveness' here became globally famous—some scholars argue it was misinterpreted as lack of pain rather than pain transformed.
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