Awards
A complete list of awards can be downloaded as either a Microsoft Word Document or a PDF.
Awards for Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Best Documentary Feature
Tribeca Film Festival, April 2008
Cowboy Award Winner – Audience Choice Award
Jackson Hole Film Festival, June 2008
Witness Award
Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel Film Festival, June 2008
Special Jury Prize for Non-Fiction Filmmaking
Traverse City Film Festival, August 2008
Crystal Heart Award for Best Documentary Feature
Heartland Film Festival, October 2008
Best Documentary in the Interfaith Category
St. Louis International Film Festival, November 2008
My Media Award
The 4th Annual MY HERO Film Festival, November 2008
"Blessed Are the Peacemakers" Awards
presented by U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches (WCC), December 2008
Jury Award / Best Film Award
(won jointly by "Pray The Devil Back to Hell" and "The Sari Soldiers")
Tri Continental Film Festival, January 2009
Best of the Fest Selection
Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 2009
Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, February 2009
The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
Cinema for Peace, February 2009
Rudolf Vrba Award in the Right to Know Competition
One World International Human Rights Festival, Prague, March 2009
Best of Fest
Women's Film Festival, Benefit for the Women's Crisis Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, March 2009
Wilbur Award
Best Film Documentary, March 2009
Golden Butterfly
Movies That Matter Festival, April 2009
Ndinadsawapanga award
I Will Tell Festival, May 2009
Gabriel Award
presented by The Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals, August 2009
Gold Audience Award
Vancouver Amnesty International Film Festival, November 2010
Nominations for Pray the Devil Back to Hell
2008 Satellite Award, Nominated: Best Documentary
2008 IDA (International Documentary Association) Documentary Awards
Nominated: ABC News Video Source Award
Nominated: Pare Lorentz Award
2009 Cinema for Peace, Nominated: International Human Rights Award
2010 American Library Association Notable Videos for Adults list
AWARDS for Women, War & Peace
Series honored by
The Television Academy Honors, March 2012
Outstanding Series
The Gracie Awards, May 2012
AWARDS for Individuals associated with the film
Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker, Leymah Gbowee
Epic Awards
Presented by The White House Project, April 2008
Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker, Leymah Gbowee
Global Women's Rights Awards
Presented by Feminist Majority Foundation, April 2009
Leymah Gbowee & women of Liberia
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®
Presented by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, , May 2009
Abigail Disney
Auburn Lives of Commitment Award
Presented by Auburn Theological Seminary, May 2009
Abigail Disney & Gini Reticker
1st Annual Media Awards
Presented by Women's Media Center, June 2009
Leymah Gbowee
Gruber Women’s Rights Prize
Presented by The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, June 2009
Leymah Gbowee and the WIPNET women
Honoree for Celebrate Africa
Presented by the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the African-American Museum in Philadelphia, July 2009
Leymah Gbowee, Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker
Crystal Award
Presented by The Victor E. Ward Educational Fund, November 2009
Leymah Gbowee
The Living Legends Award
Presented by Emmanuel Brinklow Seventh Day Adventist Church, February 2010
Leymah Gbowee
John Jay Justice Award
Presented by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, April 2010
Leymah Gbowee
Livia Prize
Presented by the Livia Fund, September 2010
Leymah Gbowee
Honoree for Community Leaders & Legends Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
Presented by The Liberian Organization of the Piedmont (LOP), September 2010
Leymah Gbowee
Jolli Humanitarian Award
Presented by Riverdale Country School, September 2010
Leymah Gbowee
1st Centenary award
Presented by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), October 2010
Leymah Gbowee
Women of Substance Award
Presented by African Women Development Fund (AWDF), November 2010
Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker
Athena Award
Presented by Barnard College, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and Athena Film Festival, February 2011
Abigail Disney
International Advocate for Peace (IAP) Award
Presented by Cardozo Law School’s Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR), Spring 2011
Leymah Gbowee
2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Awarded to Leymah Gbowee, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner.
Leymah Gbowee
Doctor of Laws (LLD) honoris causa
Presented by Rhodes University, April 2012
Abigail Disney
2012 Gracie Award for Outstanding Producer - News/Non-Fiction for Women, War & Peace
Presented by The Gracie Awards, May 2012
Abigail Disney and Leymah Gbowee
The James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
Presented by Interfaith Center Of New York, June 2012
