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What if women around the world decided to rise up and say "enough?" Great Lakes Bioneers is pleased to bring yet another inspiring film to the conference. Documentary filmmaker Gini Reticker's, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" tells the story of the thousands of women in Liberia who came together to peacefully end their country's second bloody civil war. For information visit: www.praythedevilbacktohell.com At the fore of their non-violent protest was Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian woman who organized prayer meetings and started the Christian Women's Peace Initiative, a group that eventually joined forces with a parallel Muslim women's movement in nonviolent protest. Their collective effort to improve their country resulted in an end to war, the arrest of corrupt president Charles Taylor, and the election of the first female president in Liberian history -- a true testament to the power of a collective will to peace. Winner of Tribeca's Best Documentary prize. and at the Traverse City Film Festival won Special Jury Prize for Non-Fiction Filmmaking.
Saturday Night film is sponsored by Kent & Nancy Walton
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