93 Days is a Nigerian feature film that recently arrived in the Netflix catalogue. It portrays the suffering of the population and the medical profession in Nigeria during the almost 100 days in 2014 when the country experienced an Ebola outbreak.
The story begins with the arrival in the country of Patrick Sawyer, a diplomat from Liberia on a work trip who, after feeling unwell, is admitted to a public hospital. Immediately after his admission to the hospital, the doctors decide to keep him in isolation, as they believe he may have contracted Ebola, since he came from a country that was at the time facing an outbreak of the disease and had all the symptoms. As the days go by, several nurses who had contact with Sawyer turn out to be infected too, and, owing to the high degree of transmissibility that characterises it, the disease begins to spread.
93 Days shows the exemplary response of the Nigerian medical profession, which managed to contain Ebola before it grew larger and caused more deaths
Based on true events, this story promises to grip and please audiences. In real life, twenty people in that country were infected by the virus, eight of whom ultimately died.
What happens, and what must be done, when a deadly infectious disease reaches a city of more than 21 million people? The film answers this question, showing the exemplary response of the Nigerian medical profession, which managed to contain the virus before it grew larger and caused more deaths.
Directed by Steve Gukas, this film has won several awards, and earned Nigeria great respect from the international community for having demonstrated the effective way in which Ebola was contained there.
Filmed in several parts of Nigeria, 93 Days has a cast that includes Bimbo Akintola, Zara Udofia Ejoh, Keppy Ekpenyong-Bassey and Danny Glover.
