Pray the Devil Back to Hell - Trailer

Posted by Trevor

October 16, 2008

The trailer for the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell released today on Apple’s website. It’s been making its rounds at the film festivals and it has come out with some pretty big wins.
Awards:

Winner: Best Documentary (Tribeca Film Festival)
Cowboy Award Winner: Audience Choice Award (Jackson Hole Film Festival)
Winner: Witness Awards Silverdocs (AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival)
Winner: Special Jury Prize Non-Ficition Filmmaking (Traverse City Film Festival)
Heartland Crystal Heart Award

The film itself looks like a very powerful documentary that will get everyone to think about what we can do to help out. On the film’s official website you can get involved by demanding a screening of the film to be brought to your town as well as supporting many charitable organizations.

Synopsis:

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the gripping account of a group of brave women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a decades-long civil war. The women’s historic achievement finds its voice in a narrative that intersperses interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the memories of a few of the women who were there. In 2003, Liberia was a country devastated by decades of political dislocation, humanitarian crisis, and street-to-street urban warfare. Charles Taylor, then President of Liberia, had emptied the country’s pockets as creatively as any dictator in memory. His ascent to power led to the deaths of thousands of people and a nation in complete ruin. Out of the wreckage, more than 2000 Christian and Muslim women throughout the country began to organize and banded together in an effort to bring an end to the fighting. At great person risk, they protested creatively and persistently for peace in the worst days of brutal and protracted civil conflict. The Academy Award-nominated team Gini Reticker, Kate Taverna and Kirsten Johnson teamed up with Abigail E. Disney to produce this powerful documentary feature.

Currently the film is being scheduled for a limited release beginning Nov 7th.
Dates and Cities:

Nov 7th - New York City, Cinema Village
Nov 14th - Los Angeles, Laemmie Music Hall
- Washington DC, Landmark E Street Cinema
Nov 26th - Philadelphia, The Ritz Bourse
Dec 5th - Boston, Coolidge Corner Theater
Dec 12th - Atlanta, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
- San Fransisco, Red Vic Movie House
- Berkeley, Shattuck Cinemas
- St. Louis, Tivoli Theatre
Jan 16th - Chicago, Gene Siskel Film Center
Jan TBD - Seattle & Portland