Thoughts and Prayers (2024)
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.
- Released
- 2024-03-28
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Danny Farber
Cast
- Anjelika Washington as Simone Parker
- Danny Farber as Tyler Baumgartner
- Danielle Pinnock as Administrative Worker
- Bourke Floyd as Professor Bouncer
- Alex Collins as SWAT Sergeant Nicholson
- Hunter Sansone as SWAT Sergeant Adams
- Allan Anthony Smith as SWAT Sergeant Johnson
- Summer Moore as Newscaster
- Lauren Elyse Buckley as Gunnar
- Clay Wilde as The Shooter
- Marianne Johnson as Newscaster
- Kellen Shaffer as Fight or Flight Student