NOT a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada. Enduring fifteen years of civil war, starvation, and horrific attacks, Christian churchwomen in Liberia demanded peace. Muslim women joined them. The murderous dictatorship under Charles Taylor, and the brutal rebels who enlisted boys whom they hooked on drugs and gave machine guns, ignored them. How the women eventually won is the subject of this rousing documentary, longlisted for an Oscar. Pray the Devil Back to Hell is especially relevant for anyone thinking about the Prop 8 protests, because these women brought colossal change from a position of poverty, without money, education, influence, connection, or any chance of success. As Leymah Gwobee says, "I had a crazy dream." Very inspiring.
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