Product Description Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the inspiring story of a group of ordinary women who came together - Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, urban and rural - to bring peace to their war - torn but beloved Liberia. The story of their historic but unsung achievement is gripping, suspenseful, terrifying and ultimately incredibly satisfying. Surprisingly touching and even funny, this film will stay with you for years. Review Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, enraging... --The New York TimesIt's a marvelous documentary detailing how the everyday became extraordinary, how ordinary women in the words of one of them, did the unimaginable. --The Los Angeles TimesRemarkable --Philadelphia Inquirer P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director Gini Reticker is one of the world's leading documentary filmmakers whose primary focus is on individuals, particularly women, engaged in struggles for social justice and human rights. Her films cover subjects often overlooked by mainstream media, such as women in war zones whose stories have largely gone untold. Her filmmaking has taken her to conflict zones around the globe, including Liberia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. Ms. Reticker is Series Producer and Director on a groundbreaking five-part miniseries, Women, War & Peace for PBS s Wide Angle, now in production and slated for broadcast in 2011. The series challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are solely the domains of men, examining how war affects women and highlighting their efforts to bring about peace. Previously, Ms. Reticker directed the award-winning documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Produced by Abigail E. Disney, the film presents the story of Liberian women who overcame barriers of gender and politics to end their country s century-long civil war. If you don t tell the story, then it s not history; it just totally evaporates, Ms. Reticker said of this film a statement that aptly describes her work as a whole. Ms. Reticker currently sits on the board of Peace Is Loud, an organization launched from the groundswell of interest in Pray the Devil Back to Hell that supports female voices and international peace-building through nonviolent means. See more
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