Abigail E. Disney

Abigail Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist and activist based in New York City. Her longtime passion for women's issues and peacebuilding culminated in her first film Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Abigail created the groundbreaking PBS mini-series Women, War & Peace, the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the role of women in peace and conflict. She has played a role in many film projects and is currently at work on a film highlighting the key role of women in the Arab Awakening. She founded the Daphne Foundation, Peace is Loud and co-founded, along with 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, the Gbowee Peace Foundation USA.

In 2015, Abigail directed her first film - Armor of Light - which follows the journey of an Evangelical minister trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America.

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