Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)

Directed by

Gini Reticker

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of Liberian women who organize nonviolent protests to stop a civil war. They come together across religious lines and pressure the government to hold peace talks.

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What happens

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary. The film had its theatrical release in New York City on November 7, 2008. It had cumulative gross worldwide of $90,066. The film documents a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, the movement started with praying and singing in a fish market. Leymah Gbowee organized the Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia, Liberia to pray for peace and to organize nonviolent protests. Dressed in white to symbolize peace, and numbering in the thousands, the women became a political force against violence and against their government. Their movement led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. The film has been used as an advocacy tool in post-conflict zones like Sudan, mobilizing African women to petition for peace and security. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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