"The film is inspiring, uplifting and is a call to action for all of us"
-Desmond Tutu, Winner 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003. As the rebel noose tightened around the capital city of Monrovia, thousands of women – ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim – formed a thin but unshakeable line between the opposing forces. Armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions, they literally faced down the killers who had turned Liberia into hell on earth. In one memorable scene, the women barricaded the site of stalled peace talks in Ghana and refused to move until a deal was done. Their demonstrations culminated in Taylor’s exile and the rise of Africa’s first female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Inspiring and uplifting, Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a compelling example of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations.
Credits for Pray the Devil Back to Hell
October 7, 2011
Produced by
Abigail E. Disney
Directed by
Gini Reticker
Edited by
Kate Taverna and Meg Reticker
Co-Produced by
Johanna Hamilton
Cinematographer
Kirsten Johnson
Music Composer
Blake Leyh
Vocals
Angelique Kidjo
Associate Producer
Regina Boyer
Title Design and Art Direction
Interspectacular
Illustrator
Olaf Hajek
Writer
Sara Lukinson
Production Designer
Norval Johnson
Field Producer
Edwin Clarke
Production Sound
Wellington Bowler
Additional Camera
Maryse Alberti
Johann Perry
Jimmy Mangou
Videographers
James Brabazon
Tim Hetherington
Pewee Flomoku
Jonathan Sahn
Assistant Camera
Mariusz Cichon
Ben Bloodwell
Anton Jeffes
Dan Moody
Additional Sound
Judith Karp
Sean O’Neil
Doug Dreger
Post Production Supervisor
Shannon J. Fogarty
Parker Chehak
Post Associate Producer
Juli Kobayashi
Assistant Editor
Alexandra Meistrell
Additional Assistant Editors
Omry Maoz
Elizabeth Merrick
Naftali Rutter
Gaffer
Iris Ng
Consultant
Stephen Ellis
Post Production Facility
Full Circle Post
Online Editor
Rob Burgos
Re-Recording Mixer
Andy Kris
Sound Editor
Dave Patterson
Mixed at
Sound One
Production Assistants
Jeff Clark
William Cruz
Production Associate
Yvonne Moore
Archival Footage
ABC News VideoSource
AP Archive
Aurora Productions
James Brabazon
British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN Image Source
Everyday Gandhis ®
Gabriel Films
GTV
Harper Karmon
ITN Source
Jimmie Mangou
Journeyman Pictures
Just Media
Nancee Oku Bright
National Geographic Digital Motion
New Jersey Network
Pewee Flomoku
Jonathan Sahn
Television for the Environment
TV3
West African Network for Peacebuilding Women in Peacebuilding Network
Still Photographs
Pewee Flomoku
Getty Images
Foley Sanyon
Sunny Ugoh
Moses Zangar
For WOMEN, WAR & PEACE
Senior Producer
Nina Chaudry
Post Production Supervisor
Mridu Chandra
Re-Versioning Editor
Kristen Huntley
Theme Music
Bob Golden
Motion Graphics Designer
Yorgo Alexopoulos
Additional Motion Graphics
vanOs
Online Editor
Edward Goldberg
Post Production Sound
Doug Johnson
Series Announcer
Jay O. Sanders
Senior Multimedia Producer
Lauren Feeney
Multimedia Producers
Renee Feltz
Caitlin Thompson
Assistant Editor
Scott Greenhaw
Production Intern
Sam Jinishian
Sr. Project Manager
Rekha Menon
On-Air Promotion
Rob Issen
Jed Parker
Jon Berman
Legal
Jessica Bohrer
Robert Feinberg
Director of Publicity
Roberta Lee
Publicists
Lindsey Bernstein
Donna Williams
Executive in Charge for WNET
Stephen Segaller
Executive Producers
Abigail E. Disney
Pamela Hogan
Gini Reticker
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All Rights Reserved
This program was produced by THIRTEEN and Fork Films which are solely responsible for its content.
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