"Pray the Devil Back to Hell," a documentary about the role women played in ending civil war in Liberia, won the top doc at the Seventh Annual (2008) Tribeca Film Festival . 


Directed by the American filmmaker Gini Reticker of Fork Films Production, chronicles the story of how thousands of women helped turned the tide of violence in Liberia through sit-ins and other peaceful protests. After years of war that killed 250,000, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president in 2005.

Said the festival jury: "In a relentless pursuit of peace, the women of Liberia show us how community, motherly love and perseverance can change the fate of a society. Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a reminder that we have the power to say `Enough!' to the atrocities of the world."

This documentary will one day serve as a companion to another fine Liberian-themed docu, Iron Ladies of Liberia; a documentary that looks at the achievements and struggles of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman elected as President of Liberia.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

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