Amish Grace (2010) on Netflix
A gunman kills five Amish schoolgirls in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. The Amish community responds with forgiveness. Ida Graber, mother of one of the dead children, struggles to accept it.
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Plot summary
In October 2006, a gunman opens fire in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, killing five girls and injuring five others. The shooting draws media attention from around the world, and the Amish community answers it with forgiveness for the killer. Ida Graber, an Amish mother whose daughter Mary Beth Graber died in the attack, finds that forgiveness harder to give. Her husband, Gideon, and their neighbors accept the tragedy; Ida does not. The couple's younger daughter, Katie, escapes the schoolhouse before the shooting begins. A television reporter, Jill Green, befriends Ida as the story spreads. Amy Roberts, the gunman's widow, is a woman Ida refuses to accept.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Amish Grace (2010)
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- The film draws on the real 2006 West Nickel Mines School shooting in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, and the spirit of forgiveness the Amish community showed in its aftermath.
- Amish Grace broke network records in several demographics and, with more than 4 million viewers, became the highest-rated and most-watched original movie in Lifetime Movie Network's history.
- The authors of the book the film was based on, Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, distanced themselves from the production out of respect for the Amish community.
