This is the shortest of the Oscar-nominated documentaries and was shown first at this year's special showing of the five nominees. The film is about folks who work for the Red Cross in Liberia and their job is to clean up the dead bodies from Ebola and then incinerate them. You see a few corpses in the short but, thank God, the footage is actually rather tame and the story of these courageous people inspiring...but depressing beyond believe. After all, what is more depressing than Ebola?! Well made and not as depressing and awful as it could have been. I am glad these wonderful people and their work are being celebrated...but when the special showing starts off with an Ebola film, you know it's going to be a long day! Tough to watch and not for kids or the easily disturbed.
UPDATE: "A Girl in the River" took the Oscar for Best Documentary Short.
UPDATE: "A Girl in the River" took the Oscar for Best Documentary Short.