| Abigail Disney | |
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| Born | California, USA |
| Occupation | Filmmaker and philanthropist |
| Known for | Pray the Devil Back to Hell |
Abigail E. Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist, and scholar known for her documentary films focused on social themes.
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Abigail E. Disney was born in 1960 and was raised in North Hollywood, California. She is the daughter of Roy E. Disney and granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company with his brother Walt Disney.[1] She turned to the family business of filmmaking after she met Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee in 2006. Her filmmaking career began with a documentary film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, made with Emmy Award-winning director Gini Reticker.[2]
In 2008 she launched Peace is Loud, an organization that supports female voices and international peace-building through nonviolent means. Peace is Loud organized a 2009 Global Peace Tour as part of the UN’s International Day of Peace. The tour brought Pray the Devil Back to Hell to hundreds of community screenings in churches, living rooms, community spaces, and forums in the U.S. and abroad, sharing the inspirational story of the women of Liberia. Peace is Loud funded a 10-day project held in three different cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help foster female peace-building capacity.
Her latest project with partners Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker is Women, War & Peace which airs starting October 11, 2011 on PBS, and will run each Tuesday night until November 8th. It is a 5 part special series that looks at the untold story of women in wartime around the world.