Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Gini Reticker
Produced by	Abigail Disney
Cinematography	Kirsten Johnson
Edited by	Kate Taverna Meg Reticker
Music by	Blake Leyh
Distributed by	Balcony Releasing (US) ro*co films (International)
Release dates	Tribeca Film Festival: April 24, 2008 Theatrical Release: November 7, 2008 — NYC
Running time	72 min.
Country	United States
Language	English subtitles

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary.^[1] The film had its theatrical release in New York City on November 7, 2008. It had cumulative gross worldwide of $90,066.^[2]

The film documents a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, the movement started with praying and singing in a fish market.^[3] Leymah Gbowee organized the Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia, Liberia to pray for peace and to organize nonviolent protests. Dressed in white to symbolize peace, and numbering in the thousands, the women became a political force against violence and against their government.^[4]

Their movement led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. The film has been used as an advocacy tool in post-conflict zones like Sudan, mobilizing African women to petition for peace and security.^[5]