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90
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78
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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.Full Review

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San Francisco Chronicle

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is at once inspiring and horrific.Full Review

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

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.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Powerful enough to make even the most cynical believe in the ability of ordinary people to induce political change.Full Review

Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter

One of the truly heartening international political stories of recent years.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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