Watch Pray the Devil Back to Hell Movie Online Streaming MegavideoYou can watch Pray the Devil Back to Hell movie in HD without Downloading Free HEREProducer/director Gini Reticker (A Decade Under the Influence, Class of 2006) turns her attentions to the topic of peaceful protest by exploring the efforts of Liberian Leymah Gbowee in ridding her government of corruption and paving the way for the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf -- Africa's first elected female head of state. Shortly after Charles Taylor was elected as president of Liberia in 1996, he proved to be a hopelessly corrupt dictator. Opposing warlords from the north were terrorizing, raping, and murdering Liberians by the hundreds of thousands, sparking a bloody civil war, and many speculated that Taylor was quietly supporting them from the sidelines. Gbowee had already lived through one civil war, and the prospect of another was simply too much to bear. Determined to bring peace to her troubled country, Gbowee called on everyday Liberian women from neighboring churches to form the Christian Women's Peace Initiative -- a group dedicated to protesting the war that had claimed 250,000 lives and displaced over a million citizens. The women of the Christian Women's Peace Initiative dressed in white and came out to protest the war by the thousands, even going so far as to surround the building in Ghana where the peace talks were taking place and physically prevent the men from leaving until a deal had been bartered. In addition to proving that peaceful protest could indeed affect change in times of unparalleled strife, the Christian Women's Peace Initiative also helped pave the way for Johnson-Sirleaf to be elected as Liberia's first-ever female president. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Movie Release on Theater Nov 7, 2008 Limited | |
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell Movie Cast | |
| Leymah Gbowee,Etweda "Sugars" Cooper,Vaiba Flomo,Asatu Kenneth,Janet Johnson-Bryant,Asatu Bah Kenneth,Etty Weah,Janet Johnson Bryant | |
| Genres : Documentary,Special Interest | |
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| All Critics Rating For Pray the Devil Back to Hell : 7.8 | |
| All Critics Count For Pray the Devil Back to Hell : 37 | |
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| An object lesson in interfaith cooperation and an instructional manual for people committed to making systemic political change through nonviolent means. Colin Covert-Minneapolis Star Tribune The film is brief and not especially creative in its storytelling, but nonetheless unforgettable; this remarkable story deserved to be captured on film. Moira MacDonald-Seattle Times This illuminating film by director Gini Reticker and producer Abigail Disney is a much-needed attempt to put the spotlight on a moment of history that still inspires. Jonathan Curiel-San Francisco Chronicle A modest but effective work of documentary uplift. Wesley Morris-Boston Globe Pray the Devil Back to Hell is at once inspiring and horrific. Steven Rea-Philadelphia Inquirer Pray the Devil uses its brief 72 minutes to tell one of the truly heartening international political stories of recent years. Kenneth Turan-Los Angeles Times The movie is clear-eyed and fearless in its recounting of the horrors of civil war, if also somewhat unsettling in demonstrating the power of documentary to desensitize viewers to even the most appalling atrocities. Ben Kenigsberg-Time Out Chicago A glorious tribute to a bi-partisan sisterhood of Christian and Muslim women fed up with having to raise their children amidst the incessant slaughter, raping and looting of the Liberian civil war. Kam Williams-AALBC.com A glorious tribute to a bi-partisan sisterhood of Christian and Muslim women fed up with having to raise their children amidst the incessant slaughter, raping and looting of the Liberian civil war. Kam Williams-AALBC.com Although filling the watcher with the same sort of outrage that inspired the women to stand up and be counted, this is, at heart, a testimony to the power of solidarity and sisterhood through a single purpose. Amber Wilkinson-Eye for Film [A] moving documentary about the tumultuous recent history of Liberia made by an all-female crew led by director Gini Reticker. Gerald Peary-Boston Phoenix It's an outstanding story, which makes up for Pray's moviemaking deficiencies. Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)-St. Paul Pioneer Press Limitations aside, it's highly stirring stuff. Stan Hall-Oregonian The story of the women's groups -- Christian and Muslim, uniting for the first time in the nation's history -- is unbelievably inspiring. Bob Strauss-Los Angeles Daily News The film shows that the women's peace movement, propelled by ordinary citizens, changed what was possible in Liberia. Cynthia Fuchs-PopMatters Some political documentaries suffer from overselling the urgency of their agenda, but director Gini Reticker's Pray the Devil Back to Hell nicely underplays the significance of its subject. Tim Grierson-L.A. Weekly Inevitably, Reticker's style falls into monotony that works against the material. Ultimately, though, the power of that material overcomes flaws in presentation. Jay Antani-Reel.com Offers an inspiring portrait of conscientious citizens working to make a change. Yes they can, indeed. Geoff Berkshire-Metromix.com | |
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