Wake Up Call: Abigail Disney

Photo: Robin Holland

In her Wake Up Call video, Abigail Disney, executive producer of the PBS special, "Women, War and Peace," shares how the story of Liberian women taking a stand against war propelled her into filmmaking.

"Years ago, I visited Liberia for the first time and I happened across a story, and it was about this group of women who had done amazing and world-changing work, courageously, to bring that civil war to an end, and I have to say I came home changed, and partly really angry, because no one knew this story. So that really propelled me into filmmaking."read more