“An emotional and gripping documentary.”
–Broadway World
Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmaker Arthur Pratt, Survivors presents a powerful portrait of his country during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-15, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake. A co-production of WeOwnTV in Freetown and Mirabel Pictures in San Francisco.
2018
Anna Fitch
Arthur Pratt
Banker White
Don Bernier
Banker White
Survivors, which aired on PBS’ POV series, was just nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Feature Documentary! Winners will be presented on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019, at an awards ceremony at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City....
25 July, 2019
After its sold-out domestic sneak preview at the Roxie in San Francisco, Survivors will make its North American premiere on the coast of Maine at the 2018 Camden International Film Festival on 9/15/18! Screening info can be found here.
... 08 September, 2018
Survivors will make its world premiere at Encounters South African Documentary Film Festival in June, 2018! Co-directors Anna Fitch, Arthur Pratt, and Banker White will be in attendance. ...
14 May, 2018
POV, the long-running non-fiction film series on PBS, announced its line-up for 2018 today - including the broadcast TV premiere of Survivors! Check out the press release here....
11 April, 2018