Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) on Netflix
NR20081h 12mDocumentary
Liberia's civil war has lasted years, and rebels called the LURD are closing in on Monrovia. Social worker Leymah Gbowee starts a peace movement of Christian and Muslim women.
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Plot summary
In Liberia, a civil war has pitted the government of President Charles Taylor against rebels who call themselves the LURD. The rebels terrorize people across the country with killings, rapes, dismemberment and destruction as they push toward the capital, Monrovia. There, the social worker Leymah Gbowee begins a peace movement that starts with prayer and singing in a fish market. She organizes the Christian and Muslim women of the city to pray for peace and to hold nonviolent protests. A Muslim woman who addresses the congregation of her church asks that Muslim women be brought in, and Asatu Bah Kenneth forms the Liberian Muslim Women's Organization to work for the same cause. The women dress in white to symbolize peace, and thousands of them join together against the violence and against their government.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
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- The Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace movement that the film documents was organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, began with praying and singing in a fish market, and grew into thousands of women dressed in white; their campaign led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president.
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell has been used as an advocacy tool in post-conflict zones including Sudan, where it mobilized African women to petition for peace and security.
