New film highlights Ebola stigma

Purple Field Productions has released a new film

The stigma experienced by Ebola sufferers is the subject of a new film by Purple Field Productions (PFP).

The film, which follows on from Ebola is Real, released last year, hopes to persuade communities that stigmatising the illness is wrong. It consists of a music video and interviews with survivors.

Tyson Conteh, of PFP’s Future View Film Group, said: ‘We have become even more convinced of the need, as all of the survivors interviewed have been stigmatised by friends, neighbours, community members, and even by their relatives. Putting out this message of sensitisation will make a positive change for them. We believe that this film will make another great impact in the lives of Sierra Leoneans.’

Purple Field Productions was founded by Quaker Elspeth Waldie.

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