Ebola: Inside an Outbreak
Ebola: Inside an Outbreak is a 1996 documentary by Ric Esther Bienstock that aired on the CBC and on February 6, 1996 on PBS NOVA National Geographic with the alternate title Ebola: The Plague Fighters.[1] Ric Bienstock and her crew spent a month in Kikwit, Zaire sleeping in an abandoned house, filming the course of an outbreak of Ebola virus and the efforts of medical personnel to contain the epidemic. Of 316 people infected, 244 died, and the virus disappeared without explanation.
Reviews and Criticism[edit]
Cathy Garrard of Time Out – New York said the film "takes the viewer beyond the spin-off movie scripts and newspaper headlines with its frontline filming of real-life victims and heroes." In a Globe and Mail article, critic John Haslett Cuff said the film "captures the medical mission with unparalleled intimacy and timing."[2]
Awards[edit]
- Gemini Award, Best Science Documentary, 1997
- Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Award for TV Journalism, 1996
- Hot Docs, Best Science Documentary, 1997
- Chicago International Television Festival, Gold Plaque, 1996
References[edit]
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- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117346
- ↑ John Haslett Cuff The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Jan 9, 1996; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail pg. C1
