With skillful eloquence, PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL tells the remarkable story of how thousands of women in Liberia helped peacefully end the country’s second bloody civil war. Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian woman who witnessed both civil wars, had a dream: “To get the women of the church together to pray for peace.” She invited ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters from neighbouring churches to start the Christian Women’s Peace Initiative. They dressed in pure white and sat by the thousands to protest the war. When peace talks in Ghana came to a standstill, the women literally formed a barricade around the building and didn’t allow the men to exit until a deal was bartered. The women of Liberia are proof that nonviolent and peaceful protest isn’t just a fantasy—it can be a triumphant reality. PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL is a commanding, inspiring, and emotionally stirring documentary about the futility of war and the splendour of peace. *Winner Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival
Filmmaker Gini Reticker in person
Presented in association with Peace Direct, www.peacedirect.org and St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconcilliation and Peace, www.stethelburgas.org