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On September 24, 2019, Sierra Leonean filmmakers who produced the documentary Survivors hope to win an Emmy Award.
The Survivors was produced to tell the story of resilience and hope at the time of the deadly outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone.
On Thursday, the film was among several other nominees for The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which would be held at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.
The two filmmakers who worked on the documentary Barmmy Boy Mansaray and Arthur Pratt expressed their enthusiasm during the nomination.
Barmmy Boy wrote on Twitter that he was "delighted to announce that we have just received an Emmy nomination for the SURVIVORS series (Best Documentary on Social Issues). Congratulations to all the team. "
Happy to announce that we have just received an Emmy nomination for the film SURVIVORS (best documentary on social issues), congratulations to all the team !!! @WeOwnTV @ ArthurPratt2 @POVdocs https://t.co/idXwZVYsak
– Barmmy Boy (@barmmyboy) July 25, 2019
According to Switsalone.com, the documentary "explores how the epidemic ravaged families and communities."
He also described "the failing infrastructure, the deep misunderstandings between international humanitarian organizations and the communities they served, as well as the unresolved political tensions after the decade-long civil war."
The 2013 Ebola outbreak caused by the Zaire species killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa.
The epidemic, mainly between 2013 and 2016 in Sirrea Leone, Guinea and Liberia, has claimed more lives than any other known Ebola outbreaks.
Source: Africafeeds.com
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