By Banker White | Director
“We are telling stories that are so needed for our country’s healing process at this time. For me the greatest miracle is to make a change in the life of somebody." - Survivors co-director Arthur Pratt
We are thrilled to announce that the Survivors documentary has a received a prestigious grant from the Bertha/BRITDOC Journalism Fund. "The Bertha BRITDOC Journalism Fund is an international film fund dedicated to supporting long form feature documentaries of a journalistic nature...looking for films that break the important stories of our time, expose injustice, bring attention to unreported issues and cameras into regions previously unseen."
This is particularly special for us at WeOwnTV as the Bertha Foundation has been supporting us and the professional development of Sierra Leonean filmmakers since 2010. This award also marks significant professional achievement for our group as last years recipients included the Oscar & BAFTA award winning films Citizen Four and Virunga.
GlobalGiving is giving us a unique opportunity to turbo-charge our fundraising efforts and will match every dollar donated to our campaign. We are in late stages of production and need your support now more than ever to help bring these inspiring stories to the world. Please do what you can to help spread the word and donate what you can at the link below.
Although the infection rate in Sierra Leone has been falling, the Ebola outbreak is not over. In the past couple weeks there have been unexpected flare ups of new cases, especially in the informal settlements near Freetown. We will be continuing to film with our main characters through containment and into the post Ebola reality. Mohamed continues to work at the ambulance park, Margaret is transitioning from her work at the Emergency ICU to a clinic in Freetown and Foday has made an unbelievable transformation from living on the streets to the class prefect at Cathedral Primary School.
Thank you for your time and your contributions.
Banker White and WeOwnTV
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