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Amish Grace

Amish Grace

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Amish Grace

"The inspirational true story of forgiveness following an Amish school shooting."

2010

1h 28m

7.0(52 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Ida Graber

Tammy Blanchard

Tammy Blanchard

Amy Roberts

Fay Masterson

Fay Masterson

Jill Green

Madison Mason

Madison Mason

Levi Brennaman

Gary Graham

Gary Graham

Henry Taskey

Darcy Rose Byrnes

Darcy Rose Byrnes

Rebecca Knepp

Karley Scott Collins

Karley Scott Collins

Katie Graber

Eugene Byrd

Eugene Byrd

Danny

Bruce Nozick

Bruce Nozick

Leonard

Amy Sloan

Amy Sloan

Rachel Knepp

Creative team

Directed by: Gregg Champion
Written by: Micky Levy
Teena Booth
Produced by: Kyle A. Clark

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