Pray the Devil Back to Hell :: Film Trailer

In the face of the civil wars wrecking their country, a small group of courageous Liberian women banded together to advocate peace.

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posted Feb 11, 2010

film still from Pray the Devil Back to Hell The civil wars in Liberia wrecked the country with violence that left 200,000 dead and half million Liberians displaced.

In the face of this violence, a small group of Liberian women organized together to advocate an alternative. Wearing white to symbolize their dedication to peace, the courageous women organized picketing, sit-ins, and marches to demonstrate against war, bring international attention to war victims, and pressure people—including President Charles Taylor—to work toward conflict resolution.

This documentary tells these women's story and includes interviews with Leymah Gbowee, the founder and executive director of Women in Peace and Security Network Africa; Etweda "Sugars" Cooper, one of the founders of the Liberia Women Initiative; Vaiba Flomo, who worked with Gbowee to unite Christian and Muslim women's groups and created this unifying message: "Can the bullet pick and choose? Does the bullet know Christian from Muslim?"; Asatu Bah Kenneth, a police officer and president of the Liberia Female Law Enforcement Association; and demonstrators and journalists.

For more information about the movie and film screenings, check out the Pray the Devil Back to Hell website.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell, film poster
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"Pray the Devil Back to Hell"

Posted by Paul Jennings at Feb 15, 2010 11:56 AM

This is really a GREAT film! I rented it on Netflix a few days ago and loved it. It's an important story that needs to be told and I recommend it to anyone interested in powerful films dealing with women's empowerment.

Tolerance patrol required in libraries

Posted by d.m. at Jul 13, 2010 09:07 PM

In addition to peace efforts like the one above it is essential to examine the contents of libraries ,public libraries and rate them on how well they promote peace and publish a listlike for 5 Star retauraunts or film reviews rating from poor to excellent.
The type of things to critique I think are things like America Alone, Perfect Soldiers, Terror In the Mind of God by Mark Juegermeyer and Knowing Your Enemy by MaryHabeck. The argument of each could be bettered by pointing out democratization of religion and peace marches, peace activists, and environmentalism. Also books like Tower Of Babel Why the U.N. fails could be refuted by suggestion of a Green-Marxist Revolutionary U.N. using U.N. Charter. Note saying one way not saying best .Ideas based on Paine's Human rights whicj holds revolutions best made on good principles but this I agree is only when Civil Disobediance fails or cannot be done.