![]() At a mere eight years old, Lewis learned that her maternal grandmother had been "shunned" from her Old Order Mennonite community, an experience unquestionably woven into the fabric of The Shunning. When a mysterious, successful woman (Sherry Stringfield) arrives unexpectedly from New York into her community, Katie begins a quest to discover the secret of her past and, perhaps, her own identity.īeverly Lewis grew up the daughter of an Assemblies of God pastor near Lancaster, PA. Katie Lapp (Danielle Panabaker) is a young Amish woman on the brink of marriage to a respected community leader who is struggling the the rules that bind her close-knit community. Unlike many of the recent faith-based theatrical releases like The Grace Card or the soon to be released Courageous, The Shunning very much feels like a made-for-television movie. Based upon a novel by prolific Christian author Beverly Lewis, The Shunning was originally a Hallmark Channel film before being picked up by the Sony faith-based distrib Provident Films for a home video release. ![]()
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