'This film eloquently captures the power each of us innately has within our souls to make this world a far better, safer, more peaceful place'

Desmond Tutu, Winner,
1984 Nobel Peace Prize

 

 

Pray The Devil Back To Hell tells the inspiring story of a group of Liberian women — armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions — who demanded peace for their country, lacerated by a decades-long civil war. 

In 2003, Liberia was a country devastated by decades of political dislocation, humanitarian crisis, and street-to-street urban warfare.

 

Charles Taylor, then President of Liberia, had emptied the country's pockets as effectively as any dictator in memory. His ascent to power led to the deaths of thousands of people and a nation in complete ruin.

Determined to end the suffering, more than two thousand women — mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim — came together to pray for peace and stage a protest outside the Presidential Palace.

 

At great personal risk they took on the warlords in the worst days of the brutal and protracted civil conflict. That they suceeded in forcing a resolution during the stalled peace talks is a beacon of hope to all humanity.

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