Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Name: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director: Abigail Disney,Gini Reticker
Released: 2008

Abigail Disney Gini Reticker 2008

This celebrated documentary tells the dramatic success story of the women’s peace movement of Liberia, where Christian and Muslim women banded together to end their country’s civil war. Leymah Gbowee, the central figure in the film, and the Women of Liberia are the recipients of the 2009 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™.

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Running Time:

72 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Abigail Disney Gini Reticker

Producers:

Abigail Disney

Activism

African Cinema and Cul..

Press

The New York Times

"UPLIFTING, DISHEARTENING, INSPIRING, ENRAGING"

Manohla Dargis
The Los Angeles Times

"MARVELOUS"

Kenneth Turan
Christian Science Monitor

"The heroism on view is BREATHTAKING"

Peter Rainer
Variety

"LUCIDLY IMPASSIONED"

Ronnie Scheib
Los Angeles Times

"One of the TRULY HEARTENING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL STORIES of recent years"

Kenneth Turan
The New York Times

"Reminds us of the incredible power available to the most ordinary of people if they are willing to act with COURAGE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT."

Bob Herbert
Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

"ELOQUENTLY CAPTURES THE POWER each of us innately has within our souls to make this world a far better, safer, more peaceful place."
Jean-Marie Guehenno, UN Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, 2000-2008

"The contrast between THE COMPASSION OF WOMEN and the facade of officialdom as a cover for a cruel dictator makes the point much better than a long judgmental tirade"

Festival Participation

Tribeca Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Silverdocs AFI Film Festival
Witness Award
Heartland Film Festival
Crystal Heart Award for Best Documentary Feature
Palm Springs International Film Festival
One World International Human Rights Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Social Justice Award for Documentary Film

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