"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" is a documentary about how a women's movement in Liberia stopped a bloody war that had been present in the country since Christmas of 1989. It started at St. Peters Lutheran church in Monrovia. The movement contained women of both Muslim and Christian traditions working together to end the terror that was inflicted upon their children, families, and entire country.
The war started with Charles Taylor, a rebel leader who started a civil war amongst the various ethnic groups living in Liberia. After many years of conflict, Taylor "terrorized" the people of Liberia to vote him into power. He is now exiled from the country and was being held in a United Nations jail. He is now on trial for all of the crimes he caused and committed himself. You can read more about the trial here.
I highly recommend watching this documentary, which was chosen as Best Documentary Feature in 2008 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
-Anne
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