Body Team 12 (2015)

Body Team 12 is a 2015 American short-documentary film about the Red Cross workers of Liberia who collects dead bodies during the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The story is told by Garmai Sumo a female worker of team who served as a nurse during the epidemic. It is directed by David Drag and produced by Grag and Bryn Mooser while Olivia Wilde and Paul Allen of Vulcan Productions is an executive producers.

The documentary was well received by critics and earned wide spread critical acclaim. It won the Best Documentary Short award at 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Body Term 12 was shortlisted with ten other documentaries from 74 entries submitted to 88th Academy Awards in Documentary Short Subject category. The final five nominations is scheduled to announced on January 14, 2016.

Synopsis

Garmai Sumo told the story who is the only Body Team 12 female member, a group of medical professionals who handle the bodies of the victims of Ebola in Liberia. The film focuses on the Sumo perspective on the crisis in her country.