Thoughts and Prayers

A capture of the current landscape of safety rituals in schools and communities across the United States, where classrooms double as tactical training grounds, bullet-proof backpacks become armor, and conferences showcase the latest survival gadgets for a nation where 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, raising important questions about the unintended consequences of these intense preparations.

• Danny FarberDirector
• Danny FarberWriter

• Anjelika WashingtonSimone Parker
• Danny FarberTyler Baumgartner
• Danielle PinnockAdministrative Worker
• Bourke FloydProfessor Bouncer
• Alex CollinsSWAT Sergeant Nicholson
• Hunter SansoneSWAT Sergeant Adams
• Allan Anthony SmithSWAT Sergeant Johnson
• Summer MooreNewscaster
• Lauren Elyse BuckleyGunnar
• Clay WildeThe Shooter
• Marianne JohnsonNewscaster
• Kellen ShafferFight or Flight Student