New film 'A Little Prayer' tells a loving, gentle Southern tale

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The new film “A Little Prayer” is set in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Veteran actor David Strathairn plays Bill, a soft-spoken Vietnam War veteran who loves his wife and owns his own metal business, which he runs with his son David. But Bill is having difficulty dealing with his grown children’s struggles, though he finds a kindred spirit in David’s wife Tammy, played by Jane Levy.

Here & Now’s Robin Young spoke with “A Little Prayer” stars Strathairn, Levy, Celia Weston, who plays Bill’s wife Venita, and writer-director Angus MacLachlan.

Angus MacLachlan, you have said that the kernel of this film is your own relationship with your daughter. How so?