CLU presents documentary on Liberia
By Anonymous — Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Women worked to bring down a dictator
THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University will present an award-winning documentary on the Liberian women who worked to bring down a dictator at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Lundring Events Center. The free showing of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” is part of the Reel Justice Film Series sponsored by CLU’s Center for Equality and Justice. The film tells the true story of the unsung heroines of Liberia who worked to end a long, brutal war armed with only white T-shirts and courage. Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Gini Reticker directed the documentary. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival where it won Best Documentary Feature, and has gone on to win a number of other awards. The Liberian women from the Mass Action Campaign for Peace received both a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award and Gruber Women’s Rights Prize. Lundring Events Center is located in Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is north of Olsen Road near Campus Drive. For more information, call Greg Freeland at (805) 493-3477. |