When local school officials decide to bus Amish children into town schools in November of 1965, a newspaper reporter photographs an iconic image of the Amish students fleeing from authorities into a nearby cornfield. The incident and the photograph ignite a firestorm of arrests, fines, and national controversy leading to a unique precedent-setting covenant between the "Plain People" and the State of Iowa.

"The Amish Incident", a new film by award-winning historical documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, blends interviews with an influential journalist and key local officials with newly discovered archival materials and period photographs to tell a fascinating and memorable true tale of rural conflict and compromise.