Thoughts & Prayers

This sobering feature-length documentary captures the current landscape of safety rituals in schools and communities across America during a time when mass shootings have become a part of everyday life. Equal parts absurd and unsettlingly real, the film traces the $3 billion active-shooter preparedness industry and its effect on students and educators. 

Directors and executive producers, Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock; producers, Gary Kout and Claire Read. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Tina Nguyen; senior producer, Anna Klein.