Unexpected Peace" will be screened at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy, on Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

The film was a nominee for Best Picture in the Red Rose Film Festival.

"Unexpected Peace" is a documentary film that follows social anthropologist and Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM) worker Jonathan Bornman as he explores three stories: the Amish school shooting in Nickel Mines; the murders of Murid (Sufi Muslim) migrants from Senegal in Harlem in New York City; and Muslim-Christian conflict in Solo, Indonesia.

"Unexpected Peace" is the first documentary released by Dove Tale Productions. Founded in 2021 and based in the United States, Dove Tale Productions is owned by Bornman. The company partnered with two other co-producers: D. Michael Hostetler, a filmmaker and director from Canada, and Ehab Assal, a Palestinian cinematographer and producer from Nazareth, Israel.

Jonathan and his wife, Carol, served in Burkina Faso in the early 1990s developing water resources. After earning a master's degree in intercultural studies with a focus on Islam, Jonathan served with his family in Senegal from 1999 to 2009 as a Bible teacher. In 2013, Jonathan joined EMM's Christian-Muslim Relations Team and was mentored by David W. Shenk, an author, speaker, and innovative thinker on interfaith relations. Jonathan holds a Ph.D. from Middlesex University in social anthropology.

Hostetler is an award-winning producer, director, and communications consultant with more than 30 years of international experience. He is committed to peace and social justice work, with experience helping people from diverse cross-cultural settings communicate their stories.

Assal started his career in cinema in the early 1990s, working as a first camera assistant on more than 30 feature productions, including iconic Hollywood films. He has worked with multi-award-winning cinematographers such as Vilmos Zsigmond, Dante Spinotti, Barry Markowitz, and David Burr. Assal served as cinematographer on "Omar," a film that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

For more information about "Unexpected Peace," visit http://www.unexpectedpeace.com.