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| Directed by | Steve Gukas |
| Written by | Paul S. Rowlston |
| Based on | Ebola virus disease in Nigeria |
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| Cinematography | Yinka Edward |
| Edited by | Antonio Rui Ribeiro |
| Music by | George Kallis |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | English |
93 Days is a 2016 Nigeriandramathriller film directed and co-produced bySteve Gukas.[2] The film recounts the2014 Ebola outbreak inNigeria and its successful containment by health workers at aLagos Hospital. It starsBimbo Akintola,Danny Glover andBimbo Manuel with joint-production by Native FilmWorks, Michel Angelo Production, and Bolanle Austen-Peters Production.[3]
93 Days is dedicated toAmeyo Adadevoh, a Nigerianphysician who played a key role in the containment ofEbola inNigeria.
On 20 July 2014, Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American diplomat, arrives inLagos,Nigeria. He was immediately taken to First Consultants Medical Center after suffering from worsening symptoms. One of his attending physicians, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, is concerned that he may have Ebola, even though Sawyer denies the suggestion; nevertheless, she decides toquarantine Sawyer and asks her staff to exercise caution when tending to him.
The next afternoon, the test results return, confirming that Sawyer has Ebola. Word travels quickly that there is a potential first caseof an Ebola patient in Lagos, and soon news organizations around the world began broadcasting the news. Nigeria immediately starts preparations for anEbola epidemic.
Dr. Adadevoh meets with Dr. Wasiu Gbadamosi, who is in charge of the Yaba infectious disease facility, and Dr. David Brett-Major from theWorld Health Organization. She finds the Yasu facility is under-equipped to handle Ebola patients. On July 25, the physicians discover that Sawyer has died. The First Consultants Medical Center begins enhanced precautions and monitors its staff forsigns andsymptoms of Ebola.
The story centers on the sacrifices made by men and women who risked their lives to make sure theEbola virus was contained, before it became an epidemic.[4]
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