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"Survivors" is a movie tells you how the world ’s weakest health system defeats the virus. Recently, the documentary film "Survivors" on the fight against the 2014 Ebola epidemic landed, showing the world how the people of Sierra Leone, known as the "weakest country in the world ’s health system," fight this rare The extraordinary story of the Ebola outbreak.
Eliminate prejudice and let the world see the efforts and sacrifices Africans have made to fight Ebola
Beginning in February 2014, some countries in West Africa began outbreaks of large-scale Ebola virus outbreaks, including Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Because of the epidemic, Sierra Leone-this is located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, surrounded by Guinea in the north and east, and is considered to be one of the least developed countries in the world-suddenly became the focus of worldwide attention, "However, this concern It ’s not a complete picture of how people in our country are affected by disease, ”said Arthur Pratt, director of Survivors and Sierra Leone ’s filmmaker.
Through the film "Survivors", the world sees the development of the Ebola outbreak from the perspective of the people of Sierra Leone.
Because of the extremely weak health system, after the outbreak, Sierra Leone was regarded by some Western media as an area "defined by tragedy" and "can only respond to Ebola with ignorance and fear." This obviously biased report does not help the international community to gain a deeper understanding of this nation and its people who are fighting against Ebola with national strength.
"The role we Africans play in fighting the epidemic is seriously underestimated. And because of a lack of basic understanding of local culture and belief systems, many times journalists will make wrong assumptions about why people do not follow medical advice. This misunderstanding is in the definition The issue of how the world views us as modern Africans is profound. "Arthur Pratt said," Through the Survivor, we hope that the world will see and feel the development of the Ebola outbreak from the perspective of the people of Sierra Leone. Our video not only shows the world what happened in Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic and how we survived, but also made an in-depth discussion of our own views on this issue, this issue will be in a long time Define us and our country within. "
Focus on civilian heroes, sincerely record the glory of humanity in the epidemic
the film "Survivors" filmed from the first few days of the outbreak to the last moment when the World Health Organization announced the eradication of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. It mainly recorded the extraordinary stories of three ordinary Sierra Leone people during the outbreak. The ambulance driver Mohammed Bangula, who insisted on carrying the patient down the mountain, a 12-year-old boy Fudai Koroma, who lived on the streets of the slums of Freetown, the capital, and the nurse Mag, the Ebola emergency treatment center in Freetown Lit Cisse, she is responsible for taking care of some of the most sick patients.
The chaos and panic at the beginning of the outbreak, as well as the glittering vitality of those civilian heroes and individuals, were objectively recorded and presented one by one in this film. The audience can feel that the filmmaker wants to show the truest side of the motherland to the world. Sincerity.
Internet publishing in a special period, "inspire people in trouble"
After the film "Survivors" became a movie, it was shortlisted for many important film festivals such as the South Africa International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam International Film Festival and Camden International Film Festival in 2018, and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Problems in 2019 Nominated. The film was also screened at the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival , which left a deep impression on Wu Feiyue, the CEO of Elephant Point, who was watching the film "Survivors" at the time. So Elephant Point quickly introduced "Survivor" to the country, the film "Survivors" is also the first attempt of the elephant to introduce and distribute overseas films.
Eliminate prejudice and let the world see the efforts and sacrifices Africans have made to fight Ebola
Beginning in February 2014, some countries in West Africa began outbreaks of large-scale Ebola virus outbreaks, including Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Because of the epidemic, Sierra Leone-this is located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, surrounded by Guinea in the north and east, and is considered to be one of the least developed countries in the world-suddenly became the focus of worldwide attention, "However, this concern It ’s not a complete picture of how people in our country are affected by disease, ”said Arthur Pratt, director of Survivors and Sierra Leone ’s filmmaker.
Through the film "Survivors", the world sees the development of the Ebola outbreak from the perspective of the people of Sierra Leone.
Because of the extremely weak health system, after the outbreak, Sierra Leone was regarded by some Western media as an area "defined by tragedy" and "can only respond to Ebola with ignorance and fear." This obviously biased report does not help the international community to gain a deeper understanding of this nation and its people who are fighting against Ebola with national strength.
"The role we Africans play in fighting the epidemic is seriously underestimated. And because of a lack of basic understanding of local culture and belief systems, many times journalists will make wrong assumptions about why people do not follow medical advice. This misunderstanding is in the definition The issue of how the world views us as modern Africans is profound. "Arthur Pratt said," Through the Survivor, we hope that the world will see and feel the development of the Ebola outbreak from the perspective of the people of Sierra Leone. Our video not only shows the world what happened in Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic and how we survived, but also made an in-depth discussion of our own views on this issue, this issue will be in a long time Define us and our country within. "
Focus on civilian heroes, sincerely record the glory of humanity in the epidemic
the film "Survivors" filmed from the first few days of the outbreak to the last moment when the World Health Organization announced the eradication of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. It mainly recorded the extraordinary stories of three ordinary Sierra Leone people during the outbreak. The ambulance driver Mohammed Bangula, who insisted on carrying the patient down the mountain, a 12-year-old boy Fudai Koroma, who lived on the streets of the slums of Freetown, the capital, and the nurse Mag, the Ebola emergency treatment center in Freetown Lit Cisse, she is responsible for taking care of some of the most sick patients.
The chaos and panic at the beginning of the outbreak, as well as the glittering vitality of those civilian heroes and individuals, were objectively recorded and presented one by one in this film. The audience can feel that the filmmaker wants to show the truest side of the motherland to the world. Sincerity.
Internet publishing in a special period, "inspire people in trouble"
After the film "Survivors" became a movie, it was shortlisted for many important film festivals such as the South Africa International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam International Film Festival and Camden International Film Festival in 2018, and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Problems in 2019 Nominated. The film was also screened at the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival , which left a deep impression on Wu Feiyue, the CEO of Elephant Point, who was watching the film "Survivors" at the time. So Elephant Point quickly introduced "Survivor" to the country, the film "Survivors" is also the first attempt of the elephant to introduce and distribute overseas films.
