THOUGHTS & PRAYERS

Available: 11/13/25 12:00 AM - 11/14/25 11:59 PM

 

Showings

SVA Theatre Wed, Nov 12 6:30 PM
Village East by Angelika Thu, Nov 13 4:30 PM
Film Details
Year:2025
Running Time:85
Language:English
Director:Zackary Canepari
Jessica Dimmock
Executive Producer:Zackary Canepari
Jessica Dimmock
Producer:Zackary Canepari
Jessica Dimmock
Claire Read
Gary Kout
Editor:Carter Gunn
Myles Kane
Cinematographer:Jarred Alterman
Composer:Matt Joynt
Accessibility:Sound-Amplification Headphones upon request
DOC NYC
Event Years:2025
Festival Section:U.S. COMPETITION
Film Genres:Education
Youth
Women Directors
Social Issues
World Premiere

Description

WORLD PREMIERE In today's America, children are taught how to prepare for school shootings through elaborate drills. Yet what are intended as self-defense mechanisms are themselves deeply traumatic for students, parents, educators, and entire communities. As children continue to be gunned down in the country, this smart and heartbreaking film takes an acerbic and caustic tone, perhaps aptly fitting the mood of civilians disgusted with politicians who do nothing to change the country’s gun laws. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari, producers Claire Read and Gary Kout, and editor Carter Gunn.

The second screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari, producers Claire Read and Gary Kout, and composer Matt Joynt.

All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.