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Nobel Peace Prize Festivities!
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."
The Nobel laureates will participate in an extensive program of events in Oslo and Stockholm this week, and will receive their Nobel Prizes during award ceremonies attended by royalty, dignitaries and celebrities from around the world on December 10th.
Photo: www.nobelprize.org
Watch the LIVE WEBCAST on December 10, 2011 on Nobelprize.org »
Oslo Award Ceremony @ 1:00 p.m. CET. | Stockholm Award Ceremony @ 4:30 p.m. CET.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell filmmakers and Women, War & Peace co-creators Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker will also be attending many of these Nobel events.
For more information about the Nobel Peace Prize, please click here »
Read about Leymah Gbowee and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's newly launched peace initiative by clicking here »
Special Screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell in Oslo Celebrating Leymah Gbowee
Hosted by PRIO (The Peace Research Institute Oslo)
Time: Friday, 09 Dec 2011, 15:00-17:00
Place: Vika Kino,
Ruseløkkvn. 14 (v. Konserthuset), Oslo, NORWAY
Admission is free of charge, however, registration is required on a first come, first serve basis. Please register by clicking here »
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A conversation with Gini Reticker and Abigail E. Disney, director and producer of the film, moderated by Helga Hernes of PRIO will follow the screening of the film.
Leymah Gbowee is planning to make an appearance (tentative). |
Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee is featured in two episodes of the PBS series Women, War & Peace: Pray the Devil Back to Hell and War Redefined.
Women, War & Peace aired on PBS in October and November of 2011. Viewers in the US can now watch the complete series online at www.womenwarandpeace.org. For those outside of the US, we are working to get the series on the air and online all around the world. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates!
Women, War & Peace is a co-production of Fork Films and THIRTEEN with executive producers Abigail Disney, Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker.
More information:
Watch the the live webcast on December 10, 2011 and learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize events and awards at Nobelprize.org »
Follow Abigail E. Disney on Twitter @abigaildisney
Check out Mighty Be Our Powers, Leymah Gbowee's memoir.
Visit the the official website for Pray the Devil Back to Hell »
Watch complete episodes of Women, War & Peace »
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