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Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari's latest HBO doc — Thoughts & Prayers —tackles the issue of school shootings and its impact on the nation's youth

“The most haunting thing we learned," says filmmaker Canepari, "is that kids are thinking about this [school shooters] in the background all the time"

The documentary debuts on Nov. 18 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max

For filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari their latest documentary on the $3 billion-dollar active shooter preparedness industry and its impact on students and educators hit a little too close to home.

The filmmakers, who have an 8-year-old daughter, say the six-year project gave them a ringside seat into the dystopian world that their little girl — like millions of

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