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Movie profiles brave women

ENCINITAS — The Grauer School and the Foundation for Women will host the screening of the film, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” at 7 p.m. March 6 in the Great Room on the campus of the Grauer School located at 1500 S. El Camino Real in Encinitas.
Directed by Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney, the documentary chronicles the true story of the brave Liberian women who came together in prayer to end a horrific civil war and bring peace to their devastated country. The Grauer School is joined by the FFW, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD School of Peace Studies and Jubilee San Diego to demonstrate the power of women as agents of social change.
Attendance is free, however a $5 donation is suggested and reservations are recommended. For additional information, call (760) 944-6777 or visit www.grauerschool.com. FFW is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Diego that serves impoverished women locally and globally by funding and creating microcredit programs. The Foundation for Women is currently working in Liberia and is the registered operator of two grassroots microcredit programs in San Diego and Liberia. Visit www.foundationforwomen.org for additional information.