The War Prayer

Outraged by American military intervention in the Philippines during the SpanishAmerican War, Mark Twain wrote a short story called The War Prayer in 1905. Harper s Bazaar Magazine rejected the piece, as did Twain s own publisher. Even his family and friends feared it was sacrilegious, and the story remained unpublished until 1923 thirteen years after his death. I don t think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the This short film is a modern adaptation of Twain s War Prayer. It was in Directed by Michael Goorjian and stars Jeremy Sisto. Musical score: Christopher Ferreira