Nollywood’s docudrama “93 Days,” recently premiered in Lagos on the 13th of this month. It chronicles the harrowing weeks in the summer of 2014 when a man ill with the Ebola virus arrived in Lagos city from Liberia. The movie is co-produced and directed by Nollywood’s award winning director, Steve Gukas stars Hollywood’s Danny Glover.
93 Days Movie Trailer
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93 days has been getting quite the buzz and sold out at the Toronto Film Festival. Also, it ended with a standing ovation from the audience, sources say.
Two years ago, on July 20th of 2014, the deadly Ebola virus made its way to Nigeria. In what WHO described as a “spectacular success story”, the country held the number of cases to 19, with 7 deaths. On October 20, 2014, Nigeria was declared free of Ebola virus transmission.
Director Steve Gukas said he hopes people who watch the movie understand how closely people in far-flung parts of the world are connected.