"Thoughts & Prayers," which premiered Tuesday on HBO, is a documentary film about the $3 billion "active shooter preparedness industry," that space where American failure meets American entrepreneurism. Though it approaches its subject with a certain formal neutrality, the title, a phrase now synonymous with political emptiness, does suggest a point of view. (Its subtitle is "How to Survive an ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM on November 20, 2025