An American Prayer

“An American Prayer” is a documentary about ordinary Americans in an extraordinary time caught between love, duty, and stereotype, in present-day America’s turmoil. The film is also a fascinating record of the greatest democracy in the world in upheaval, and an urgent prayer to save the American Dream

"America’s image in the world, and of itself, is shaped by stereotypes created by its all-powerful media, self-hype, Hollywood, and the myth of the “land of opportunity.” I wanted to make a poetic and truthful film about Americans who do not live within these cardboard boxes. Anguished, ecstatic, conflicted individuals whose lives swing between despair and delight. Citizens whose sacrifices and longings often exceed the American Dream’s fruits, and whose ordinary lives are sometimes more heroic and excruciating than the superheroes and celebrities presented to us by the American hype-machine." – Director's vision