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We are excited to let you know that we are coordinating an official announcement and launch event with Emory University for this Fall when the WeSuvive archive goes public - so stay tuned! Read more: bit.ly/3jabwZS
A project report from WeSurvive: Stories of the Ebola Outbreak on GlobalGiving
In Sierra Leone, the health authorities rolled out preventive Ebola vaccination as a priority action of its Ebola Outbreak Preparedness and Contingency Plan. The vaccination targeted 16 000 people at high risk such as frontline health workers and communities in border areas.
“Apart from other critical public health measures for preventing EVD infection, the Ebola vaccine is a powerful public health tool at our disposal that can protect the health care workers and other frontline service providers who are at high risk of exposure,” says Dr Charles Njuguna, Health Security and Emergencies lead at WHO in Sierra Leone.
Freetown – While the 2014–2016 deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa devastated lives and wrecked health services, it also offered pivotal lessons in outbreak control by stoking swift and more effective response as well as driving progress in vaccines and therapeutics.
The latest from WeOwnTV fellow Conteh Mohamed S "Summer is here and for us here in Sierra Leone, that means it is time for rain. Things slow down and for me, it is always a time reflector. This last year has been quite difficult for many of us, yet I feel blessed to be alive and to have a new baby girl in my life. As you know, this project is about the death of my girlfriend Fatmata. and for many people, Fatmata is gone but for me, she still lives. I feel her presence everywhere even in my bedroom and she continues to Speak to me Through Dreams. I am presently preparing some new creative filming for the project and look forward to sharing soon."
A project report from Speaking Through Dreams on GlobalGiving
Check out our latest report from filmmaker fellow Orehmide Temple and her project Teenage Dropouts.
"Teenage Dropouts centers on the characters of two teenage girls whose untimely pregnancies lead to their expulsion from school, much to the anger and disappointment of their parents. These girls long to return to school but can not raise funds to support their education, but are, saddled with the burden of child responsibilities."
Read more here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/weowntv-filmmaker-fellowship/reports/?subid=171416
Check out our latest report from filmmaker fellow Orehmide Temple and her project Teenage Dropouts.
"Teenage Dropouts centers on the characters of two teenage girls whose untimely pregnancies lead to their expulsion from school, much to the anger and disappointment of their parents. These girls long to return to school but can not raise funds to support their education, but are, saddled with the burden of child responsibilities."
Read more here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/weowntv-filmmaker-fellowship/reports/?subid=171416
"You know, many countries don't have these freezers. Or if they do, they might only have one at a national research lab in the capital. Sierra Leone, where I am, actually does have one of these freezers because they're in the middle of doing an Ebola vaccination campaign right now. And it also uses that same ultracold storage at minus 70 degrees Celsius.
I was talking with Safa Kamara (ph). He's an immunization officer with UNICEF, and they're involved in a lot of the vaccination efforts across the country. And Kamara was saying that this one freezer's already being used for the Ebola vaccine, and they would need more such freezers if they were to try to do a national COVID immunization campaign with the Pfizer vaccine."
The U.S. has announced it will distribute 500 million Pfizer vaccines to scores of nations. How that will be done is not yet entirely clear.
Sierra Leone Receives Additional Support for Access and Effective Vaccines Deployment
The World Bank approved an $8.5 million grant in additional financing to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in Sierra Leone. The funds will provide upfront financing to help purchase and deploy coronavirus vaccines, and to strengthen relevant health systems necessary for a....
Facing the threat of continued deforestation, the forestry sector in Sierra Leone has started taking steps towards sustainability.
Facing the threat of continued deforestation, the forestry sector in Sierra Leone has started taking steps towards sustainability.
"Mental health is not a luxury, it is a fundamental human right"
Survivors of traumatic experiences in Sierra Leone are being failed by the severe lack of available mental health services in the country.
We are so very proud of one of our filmmaker fellows, Tyson Conteh Mohamed S!
In his words "My break through documentary film titled "Lady P and the S*x work Sisterhood" has hit 1,953,000 on youtube and counting so, it's an achievement we as Africa filmmakers should be proud of especially Sierra Leoneans.
Let's get it to Two Million and beyond before the end of the month."
Africa Eye investigates an unsolved murder of a s*x worker in Sierra Leone and uncovers a world where women who sell s*x are often abused, attacked, traffick...
Thanks again to Science Gallery Bengaluru for screening SURVIVORS and the discussion with director Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt and epidemiologist David Heymann. You can catch the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peuOJyo4GxI&t=429s
Join us in wishing filmmaker and friend Barmmy Boy Mansaray a very Happy Birthday! ❤🎊🎉
Join us in wishing filmmaker and friend Barmmy Boy Mansaray a very Happy Birthday! ❤🎊🎉
TOMORROW! You don't want to miss this free screening of SURVIVORS at Science Gallery Bengaluru's exhibition CONTAGION! Discussion with Director Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt following the screening. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ebuUS9
Science Gallery Bengaluru is organising CONTAGION, an online exhibition that explores the transmission of emotions, behaviours and diseases.
Ebola vaccination kicked off in Sierra Leone as the country takes proactive public health measures to protect people at high risk of infection in case of any potential cross-border transmission of the disease from the ongoing outbreak in neighbouring Guinea.
Freetown, 11 May 2021 – Ebola vaccination kicked off today in Sierra Leone as the country takes proactive public health measures to protect people at high risk of infection in case of any potential cross-border transmission of the disease from the ongoing outbreak in neighbouring Guinea.
We are thrilled to be part of Science Gallery Bengaluru CONTAGION. Screening on the 16th followed by discussion with filmmaker Arthur Pratt, and epidemiologist, David Heymann
Set your calendar for May 16! You don't want to miss this free screening of SURVIVORS at Science Gallery Bengaluru's exhibition CONTAGION on May 16th! Discussion with Director Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt following the screening. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ebuUS9
Science Gallery Bengaluru is organising CONTAGION, an online exhibition that explores the transmission of emotions, behaviours and diseases.
Happy Birthday Banker!
"I started Project 1808 in Sierra Leone to help young people translate ideas from school and University to community, thereby enabling problem solving of perennial local problems," he says,"
Alhaji N'Jai left Sierra Leone to pursue a scholarship in the US, which also served to get him out of the country during its civil war, but in recent years he has been able to return, both to study Ebola and help educate the next generation of STEM talent there.
For the continent’s documentary filmmakers, however, it’s a movement a long time in the making. Recent years have seen the emergence of grassroots efforts to grow the African documentary community, such as the Nairobi-based DocuBox film fund, the Ouaga Film Lab, in Burkina Faso, and the pan-African DocA initiative.
The unexpected Academy Award run of “My Octopus Teacher,” Netflix’s hit, heartfelt documentary about a filmmaker’s unlikely relationship with an octopus living off the coast of South Africa, marks …
Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmaker Arthur Pratt, Survivors presents a heart-connected portrait of his country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake. Survivors chronicles the remarkable stories of Sierra Leoneans during what is now widely regarded as the most acute public health crisis of the modern era. Survivors interweaves the heroic stories of Mohamed Bangura, the senior ambulance driver at the country’s main emergency vehicle dispatch; and, Margaret Kabba Sesay, a nurse who works at the Emergency Ebola Treatment Center, caring for some of the sickest patients.
Through intimate verite footage of these characters’ daily lives and Arthur’s first-person account of his own family's experience, the film not only explores how the epidemic ravaged families and communities, but also exposed broken infrastructures, deep misunderstandings between international aid organizations and the communities they serve, as well as unresolved political tensions after the decade-long civil war. In this way, Survivors profoundly wrestles with what it means to be Sierra Leonean at this critical juncture in the country’s history.
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These homegrown female-led ventures are looking to revitalize the coffee culture in Sierra Leone, while kickstarting its coffee industry with a highly prized local bean for the international market.
These homegrown female-led ventures are looking to revitalize the coffee culture in Sierra Leone, while kickstarting its coffee industry with a highly prized local bean for the international market.
Don't want to miss this free screening of SURVIVORS at Science Gallery Bengaluru's exhibition CONTAGION on May 16th! Discussion with Director Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt following the screening. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ebuUS9
Science Gallery Bengaluru is organising CONTAGION, an online exhibition that explores the transmission of emotions, behaviours and diseases.
#ThrowbackThursday Gratitude for our healthcare workers who work tirelessly to serve the community.
The last Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone was in 2016. Since then, no positive case of the disease has been confirmed in the country.
With the current outbreak of Ebola in neighbouring Guinea declared on 14 February 2021, Sierra Leone was placed under a priority-one country for Ebola preparedness based on the imminent risk of potential cross border transmission.
English News and Press Release on Sierra Leone about Disaster Management, Health and Epidemic; published on 10 Apr 2021 by WHO
We are thrilled to screen SURVIVORS at Science Gallery Bengaluru's exhibition CONTAGION on May 16th! Discussion with Director Arthur Platt following the screening. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/survivors-film-screening-discussion-registration-148904548513?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Science Gallery Bengaluru is organising CONTAGION, an online exhibition that explores the transmission of emotions, behaviours and diseases.
(Nairobi) – The Sierra Leone government’s decision to allow girls who are pregnant or have a child to attend school is an important step to improve education for girls in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 30, 2020, President Julius Maada Bio and Education Minister David Moinin...
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Scientists and global health officials are investigating whether the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea may have been triggered by a person who was first infected with the virus during the Ebola epidemic in the region five years ago.
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Scientists and global health officials are investigating whether the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea may have been triggered by a person who was first infected with the virus during the Ebola epidemic in the region five years ago.
Nurse Magdalene Fornah committed herself to learning from their experience of Ebola, especially with personal protective equipment. “We should not joke with the [PPE] dressing,” Fornah drummed into the staff. “That’s a mistake we made earlier.”
With medical resources diverted to the pandemic, years of progress in children’s healthcare are under threat
“The results are quite remarkable,” said Mike Ryan, who heads the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program. Ryan said that the rate at which the virus had changed was far slower than the rate at which the Makona strain evolved during the 2014-2016 outbreak.
The analysis suggests that a survivor of the historic Ebola outbreak continued shedding the virus at least five years after being infected.
Check out the latest from our documentary film, End of Land.
Most notably, our research has revealed continued devastating impacts of our warming world on the Yamal Peninsula. For example, a recent Russian scientific expedition uncovered more exploded methane deposits that formed craters throughout the region as a result of permafrost thaw. https://lght.ly/jdiif98
A project report from END OF LAND - A feature-length documentary film on GlobalGiving
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New Music Video from the @Freetown Media Centre. Minister Oseh delivers a song of encouragement, advising social distancing and other common-sense measures to help stay safe from the coronavirus. Filmed by the Freetown Media Centre Written and Performed by Minister Oseh
New educational drama from WeOwnTV and the filmmakers at the Freetown Media Centre! In this episode, we hear from a man named Hassan, an Ebola survivor who is determined to educate his community on preventive measures of COVID 19. Listen for instructions from local government. #MaskUp and cover mouth and nose in public with a cloth face mask. Keep a safe distance from others while out. Clean hands often and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home. Don't touch your eyes, nose or mouth. Cover coughs and sneezes with your elbow or tissue. Story by Arthur Pratt Music by Minister Mathew Lansana & The King Worshipers Cast Hassan: Arthur Pratt Wife: Winifred Vaki Visitor: Rashid Kamara Please support ongoing public health messaging activities by WeOwnTV and the filmmakers at the Freetown Media Centre: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/survivors-film-and-covid19-trust-hope-and-solidarity/ Thank you, POV for making our film SURVIVORS available again on PBS.org. Watch #SurvivorsFilmPBS, an intimate portrait of Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. NOW STREAMING: https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/survivors/video-survivors/ #SurvivorsFilmPBS #StayHomeSaveLives #AfricanHeroes
A message for the youth from Foday Koroma AKA ‘Superb D King’. During the ebola outbreak, Foday was living on the streets together with his friends. The National Ebola Response Committee and WHO regarded these informal settlements in Freetown as the most vulnerable communities. This remains true today as the country begins its own response to COVID-19. Foday is doing well today and is living with his mother. The WeOwnTV team just recorded this new public service announcement with him and it is being released in Sierra Leone. SURVIVORS is still available to stream for free on PBS through May 15: https://www.pbs.org/video/survivors-p5ikvz/ #StayHomeSaveLives #MaskUp #MaskUpFreetown
In today's post from #SurvivorsFilmPBS we meet Foday King Koroma whose friends all call him ‘Superb the King’. He had been living on the streets together with his friends for the past four years. The scene opens with a wide shot of Magazine wharf, a densely settled slum area in Freetown. We see a volunteer Ebola sensitization worker as she walks through the narrow passages shouting public health messages through a bull horn: The National Ebola Response Committee and WHO regarded these informal settlements as the most vulnerable. This remains true today as the country begins it's a response to COVID-19. Foday is doing well today and is living with his mother. the WeOwnTV team just recorded a new public service announcement with him that is being released in Sierra Leone and we will post to social shortly. SURVIVORS is available to stream for free on PBS through May 15: https://www.pbs.org/video/survivors-p5ikvz/ #StayHomeSaveLives #MaskUp #MaskUpFreetown
Here is a message from nurse Medret Kabba Sessay, recorded on April 28th in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Margaret worked at the EMERGENCY Ebola Treatment Centre in Freetown during the ebola outbreak and is now preparing for COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. Thank you, Margaret, for your selfless service - you are a strong, compassionate, and beautiful soul! Thank you, POV for making our film SURVIVORS available again on PBS.org. Watch #SurvivorsFilmPBS, an intimate portrait of Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. NOW STREAMING: https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/survivors/video-survivors/ AND please join us tomorrow on Wednesday April 29th for a live Virtual Q&A with Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt & Banker White (filmmakers) and Dr. Nick Testa (CMO, Dignity Health) on Zoom. the event is co-presented by Camden International Film Festival, POV and Documentary Educational Resources. Register at the link and we'll send the link right to your inbox 2 hours before we start! https://ciffselectsplus.eventive.org/schedule/5e95eaa781c2420038ac9dac #SurvivorsFilmPBS #StayHomeSaveLives #AfricanHeroes
Bravo WeOwnTV and Freetong Players International!!! Filmmakers from the Freetown Media Centre, with support from Madam Wokie, Lunchbox and partners, FCC distributed 3000 locally-made masks to market traders. An additional 6000 is soon to be distributed. “In places such as markets, where social distancing is difficult, the extra layer of protection given by the masks will make a difference”. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Mayor of Freetown #MASKUP Salone! #StopCOVID19 #StayHomeStaySafe #SurvivorsFilmPBS
In this clip from Survivors, we hear individuals describe their experience of learning they had been exposed to Ebola. These interviews were recorded from their quarantined homes. The clip also shows a public service announcement made by the WeOwnTV team that was in heavy rotation during the height of the outbreak. What responsibility do you feel to your local community, or to the global community? What are some steps you've taken to do your part? Where do YOU get your information about how to stay safe? Watch this clip and share your reflections, connections, or responses to our questions using the #SurvivorsFilmPBS #StayHomeSaveLives. POV, Camden International Film Festival, Documentary Educational Resources @Barmmy Boy Mansaray, Banker White, Anna Fitch, Sara Dosa
Sending love and gratitude to our healthcare workers! Meet nurse Margaret Kabba Sessay who worked at the EMERGENCY Ebola Treatment Centre in Freetown and is now preparing for COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. Thank you Margaret for your selfless service - you are a strong, compassionate and beautiful soul! During the outbreak, Margaret kept her work a secret because she worried about the stigma she would face in her community, and even in her own family if they knew she was taking care of patients with Ebola. Do you have a medical professional in your life? What are some ways you have found to support them? Please watch this clip and share your reflections, connections, or responses using #SurvivorsFilmPBS #StayHomeSaveLives #ThankYouHealthWorkers
The inspiring Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt sharing an honest glimpse of how the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone impacted his life and his community’s vitality. It has been a tremendous honor to work with the brave filmmakers at the WeOwnTV Freetown Media Centre who went to great lengths to capture and share these acts of selflessness and community courage amidst the West African Ebola outbreak. Over the next two weeks we will be sharing clips and testimony that highlight lessons learned from these past experiences, and we invite you to join this ongoing conversation as we collectively confront the COVID-19 pandemic. What have been the biggest challenges of this current moment? In what ways have you been able to cope with shifting realities, changing routines, and unanticipated aspects of social distancing? Watch this clip and share your reflections, connections, or responses to our questions using the #SurvivorsFilmPBS #StayHomeSaveLives. POV, Camden International Film Festival, Documentary Educational Resources,
Thank you, POV for making our film SURVIVORS available again on PBS.org. "I pray that we all meet again at the end of this trial, rejoicing in hope and in love."- Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt Watch #SurvivorsFilmPBS, an intimate portrait of Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, NOW STREAMING on @PBS and the PBS App. Here is a link to the #POVPlaylist newsletter with links to access the film and other content. https://bit.ly/2vZsIuW #StayHomeSaveLives And thank you all our partners, ITVS, National Endowment for the Humanities, Tribeca Film Institute, Doc Society, MacArthur Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Bertha Foundation, Catapult Film Fund, Creative Capital, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Documentary Educational Resources, First Hand Films and GlobalGiving. Barmmy Boy Mansaray, Emily Julius, Don Bernier, Sara Dosa Samantha Grant, Sam Griffin Freistühler Clevenger, M J Sessy Kamara, Medret Kabba, Conteh Mohamed S, Tyler Strickland, George Lewis
“To me it feels like a final bridge of connection between storytellers in Africa and a Western audience we have been yearning to connect with. We are grateful to POV for this opportunity and grateful to everyone who made this momentous occasion possible." - Director, Arthur Pratt
WeOwnTV dae na ShanGhai! #survivorsfilm #SierraLeone
Rethinking the collection. “How can we today view a collection which offers glimpses of South Africa’s past through a colonial lens?” Arthur strolls Lady Anne Barnard’s banquet hall built in the 1930s at Castle of a Good Hope.
“Experience is GREAT! wIW!” Arthur, Anna and Banker riding the cable car to Table Mountain! #SurvivorsFilm #Ebola #SierraLeone #AfricaRising #AfricanHeroes#GlobalHealth @arthur.opendoors @fitch.anna @bankerwhite
We had a beautiful screenings of SURVIVORS at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Saturday night and have two more screenings at the festival: Wed 6 June / 6.45pm, [email protected] Bio and Sat 9 June / 6.15pm + Q&A, Cape Town @ V&A Waterfront. http://www.encounters.co.za/film/survivors/ We wanted to share this scene of arthur giving a sermon which didn’t make it to our final cut, but beautifully reflects Arthur’s compassionate spirit. "I hope we all remember to show compassion to the people of Congo who are going through now what we went through. Africa has gone through wars, diseases, pestilence and unthinkable situations Africa will come out as the Victor. From Sierra Leone to Sudan from Libya to South Africa from Congo to Rwanda and Burundi we shall overcome the darkness of wars and diseases. Our stories will stand the test of time and the rest of humanity will not only remember us but will make our resilience and sheared humanity their point of reference for all ages. Viva SURVIVORS." - Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt #SurvivorsFilm #Ebola #SierraLeone #AfricaRising #AfricanHeroes #GlobalHealth
"Opportunities to meet and connect with people are everywhere you just need to open up your mind." - Arthur Victor Alexandia Pratt Arthur with some new friends from Zimbabwe at The Company’s Garden, Cape Town SA. #WeOwnTV #AfricaRising #SurvivorsFilm #Ebola
Introducing Mohamed B Bangura. Mohamed was the senior ambulance driver at Sierra Leone's main ambulance dispatch location during the entirety of the Ebola outbreak. He is one of only two surviving drivers who worked from the earliest days of the outbreak. "In the world there are only two things: either the good, or the bad. So when you hear a name on the radio, or when they publish a name, either they know you for good or they know you for bad. Some men say their goodness runs from here to city center. But if you really know somebody, you know they’re never entirely good... It's what you do that makes somebody trust you." We know the word hero gets thrown around these days, but Mohamed truely deserves that distinction. Thank you Mohamed for your selfless service to Mama Salone - from all of us at WeOwnTV. http://www.encounters.co.za/film/survivors/ Follow our journey on social media here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/survivorsfilm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeOwnTV/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/weowntv #SurvivorsFilm #Ebola #SierraLeone #AfricaRising #AfricanHeroes #GlobalHealth
Introducing nurse Margaret Kabba Sesay who worked as a state enrolled community health nurse at the EMERGENCY Ebola treatment center in Freetown during the height of the outbreak. She is a strong, compassionate and beautiful soul. Thank you Margaret for your selfless service to Mama Salone - from all of us at WeOwnTV. http://www.encounters.co.za/film/survivors/ #AfricanHeroes #SierraLeone #AfricaRising #SurvivorsFilm
Peace Before and After Elections. A song by King Medal #SierraLeone
Are you a documentary filmmaker living in Ghana, Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone? Well we have an amazing opportunity for you. Apply to the WeOwnTV Filmmaker Fellowship. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN: https://weowntv.org/get-involved/contest/ Submission deadline is April 15th & the fellowship period begins in June. Our program will provide four filmmakers with funding for their non-fiction documentray project, one-on-one mentoring, creative labs, professional development and networking opportunities. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly with any questions about your project, the fellowship or the application provess. Email us at [email protected] Pnd please SHARE this opportunity with your community to help spread the word! #WeOwnStoryChallenge #Ghana #Guinea #Liberia #SierraLeone
Open your eyes and take notice - there is a positive movement against bribery and corruption afoot in the streets of Freetown and storming Mama Salone. #GTP #Massakoi #ComotBehenMassMass #GroundTroopsOnFootPatrol #PositiveRevolution
Today is #GivingTuesday. For the past four years, the Freetown Media Center has provided equipment, buildings, internet access, and filmmaker training and knowledge to Africans. When the #ebola outbreak happened in 2014, these filmmakers risked everything to document the epidemic first hand. This documentary is so important! Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation selected our project for 50% matching funds. We are beyond thrilled. Please give today—you really can help us finish our film. www.globalgiving.org/projects/weowntv-survivors/ Watch the teaser video below!
Today is #GivingTuesday. We believe in the power or storytelling and documenting our world. The Freetown Media Center (made possible by Banker White and the WeOwnTV Foundation), gave equipment, buildings, internet access, and filmmaker training and knowledge to West Africans. When the #ebola outbreak happened, these filmmakers risked everything to document the epidemic first-hand. This documentary is very important to us, and we need help finishing it. Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation selected our project and are offering *50% matching funds!* Please consider donating and sharing this project. www.globalgiving.org/projects/weowntv-survivors/ #GivingTuesday #Documentary #WestAfrica #Ebola #Philanthropy
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Everyone has a story - it's time to hear the one YOU want to tell! Enter our Story Challenge you could get your film funded. For filmmakers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. SHARE this post with your friends in West Africa, help spread the opportunity!
Told through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmaker Arthur Pratt, SURVIVORS is a documentary portrait of his country during the Ebola outbreak. Through intimate verité footage of people's daily lives and Arthur’s first-person account of his own family's experience, the film not only explores how the epidemic ravaged families and communities, but also exposed broken infrastructures, deep misunderstandings between international aid organizations and the communities they serve, as well as unresolved political tensions after the decade-long civil war. www.survivorsfilm.com
