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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Balcony Releasing
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Janet Johnson Bryant,
and
Etweda Cooper
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won a long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003. As the rebel noose tightened upon Monrovia, and peace talks faced collapse, the women of Liberia – Christian and Muslims united - formed a thin but unshakable white line between the opposing forces, and successfully demanded an end to the fighting– armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions. (Balcony Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gini Reticker
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: November 7, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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100
San Francisco Chronicle
Staff (Not credited)
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, especially because that moment led to Taylor's exile and to Liberia's election of Africa's first female head of state.
91
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
If this were a fictional Hollywood movie, it would be criticized for being too upbeat. But sometimes truth is not only stranger than fiction, it's also a whole lot better.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is at once inspiring and horrific.
83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Gini Reticker's simply made, affecting documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell reveals how these heroic ordinary women prodded the factions to peace and literally brought down Taylor, a leader of sociopathic cruelty.
80
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Gini Reticker's lucidly impassioned film, filled with strong, eloquent spokeswomen, garnered Tribeca's docu award.
80
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Powerful enough to make even the most cynical believe in the ability of ordinary people to induce political change.
80
NPR
Bob Mondello
Without their guns, the men prove surprisingly helpless. And when a representative of a larger pan-African community tells them that if they want the women to stop treating them like children, they must behave responsibly, you sense a corner has been turned.
80
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Fleet, gripping documentary.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
One of the truly heartening international political stories of recent years.
75
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Gini Reticker's embracing documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell shows how Taylor got his comeuppance from a coalition of tenacious Christian and Muslim women armed only with matching T-shirts.
75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The longer the film goes on, the more you crave a vaster history of modern Liberia, originally a colony founded by former slaves from the United States.
75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
Overly conventional as a documentary, but it's inspiring as a rebuttal to the declining state of the world at large. It's encouraging to know that the endurance of institutions like marriage and family could hold the key to keeping civilization intact.
70
Washington Post
Neely Tucker
"Peace is a process, not an event," one unnamed activist says toward the end. Amen, sister.
70
Village Voice
Tim Grierson
Reticker offers perhaps a too-narrow focus on this historical moment, but Pray the Devil remembers the golden rule of moviemaking--rather than tell, it shows, and what it shows is quietly affecting.
70
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, enraging -- the mind reels while watching the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, even as the eyes water, the temples pound and the body trembles.
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