Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.
Direction
Reticker lets the women speak — no narrator needed.
Editing
Archival war footage to peaceful protests: gut-punch transitions.
Director
Gini Reticker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The women's movement directly led to Africa's first female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, elected 2005.
Leymah Gbowee shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with Sirleaf and Yemen's Tawakkul Karman — the film's climax essentially predicts this.
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