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Body Team 12
''Body Team 12'' is a 2015 short-documentary film about the Red Cross workers of Liberia, who collected dead bodies during the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The story is told by Garmai Sumo, a female worker who served as a nurse during the epidemic. It is directed by David Darg and produced by Darg and Bryn Mooser, while Olivia Wilde and Paul Allen of Vulcan Productions are executive producers. The documentary was well received by critics and earned widespread critical acclaim. It won the Best Documentary Short award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. ''Body Team 12'' is nominated for the Documentary Short Subject category at the 88th Academy Awards. Synopsis Garmai Sumo is the only female member of ''Body Team 12'', a group of medical professionals who handle the bodies of the victims of Ebola in Liberia. The film focuses on Sumo's perspective of the crisis in her country. Reception The film won a Best Documentary award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Darg
David Darg is an American director and cinematographer. In 2011 he co-founded the media company RYOT with Bryn Mooser. He received critical praise for his documentary ''Body Team 12'' which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards. Darg is a pioneer of Virtual Reality film making and directed the first VR film shot in a disaster zone. In 2015 Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release. In addition to his awards for directing, Darg is an Emmy winning editor having won in 2017 with Body Team 12 and nominated in 2018 with Fear Us Women. Darg spent over a decade as a first responder to natural disasters. He lived in China for 1 year following the 2008 Sichuan quake and lived in a Haiti for 2.5 years after the 2010 earthquake. Career David is the co-founder oRYOT- a US media company acquired by Verizon in 2016. David was named one of Esquire Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |