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Original Film Title: Saving Lives: Sisonke
Director’s Name: Ashleigh Hamilton
Writer’s Name: Ashleigh Hamilton
Producer: Ashleigh Hamilton
Country of Origin: South Africa
Country of Filming: South Africa
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds
Film Description:
A South African feature documentary which tells the untold, inside story of how 500 000 healthcare workers lives were saved from the pandemic by the largest, fastest vaccine study rollout of its kind in the world. The study initiated, inspired, led and driven by a team of powerful African women scientists who folded decades worth of experience into one of the greatest medical interventions in the world to save the lives of medical staff at the frontlines.
The film narrates tension and emotion through key women role players and heroines who shaped and shifted time to make it all happen in a remarkable 17 days when it normally takes years. This is a specialist documentary chronicling a proud South African legacy and the women scientists who stood tall to make it happen.