Surviving Ebola: Documentary shows the battle was won

Facing Darkness - A true story about the defeat of Ebola

In July 2014, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol received a death sentence. They were medical missionaries—Kent with international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse and Nancy with Serving in Mission. Both were working in ELWA Hospital in Liberia. As they fought a surging epidemic of the killer virus Ebola, a crisis the world largely ignored, Kent and Nancy caught the disease themselves.

The team at Samaritan’s Purse worked around the clock toward the only hope for Brantly and Writebol. It was something that had never been done—evacuate the Ebola patients to the U.S. for treatment and cure.

Facing Darkness weaves a gripping, miraculous, true story of fighting fear with faith amid the heroic efforts to get Brantly and Writebol home, save their lives and drive the world to action against the Ebola epidemic.

“Samaritan’s Purse workers were holding the last line of defense in a crisis the world was largely ignoring,” said Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the relief organization, Samaritan's Purse. “Hundreds were dying and it was only growing worse. When the disease struck Dr. Kent Brantly and hygienist Nancy Writebol, we knew we had to get them home for treatment. It was their only chance, yet it was something no one had ever done.”

Featuring interviews with those who fought the outbreak first hand, Facing Darkness was filmed on location in Liberia and the U.S. where the events took place. It is a story of true heroes, risking their lives in an effort to stem one of the deadliest epidemics of the century. Ebola infected more than 28,000 people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and the disease claimed more than 11,000 lives.

Facing Darkness is in select U.S. movie theaters for one night only through Fathom Events on MOnday, April 10, 2017. Use this link to find a theater near you.

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