Getting a lion's share of buzz at Tribeca is Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary by Gini Reticker that tells the often overlooked story of how thousands of women in Liberia peacefully ended Liberia's second civil war through nonviolent protest.
The film follows the efforts of Leymah Gbowee as she organized women to come together to pray—regardless of their religion—to stop the cycle of brutal violence that left 250,000 dead and 1 million refugees. This action culminated in the election of the first female African head of state.
According to Reticker, what's inspirational about these Liberian women is that they "unite, both Muslim and Christian, and figure out a way to get the warring parties to the peace table … and I think the most amazing thing is that they are ordinary people, who do extraordinary things. It's inspiring to think that people that are no different than me or you, under the circumstances really rise to the occasion."
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