In the Shadow of Ebola
A Liberian student, his family and a nation torn apart by the Ebola outbreak find inner resolve to combat the virus’s spread.
In the Shadow of Ebola is an intimate story of a family struggling against the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, a country that had recently come out from the chaos of a 14-year civil war.
We follow Liberian student Emmanuel and his family living divided between Wisconsin in the United States, and Liberia. As the crisis unfolds, loved ones are isolated in Monrovia where the government is shut down, schools and markets are closed, and food prices are rising.
With the civil war still a fresh memory after a mere decade, many citizens find themselves distrustful of the Liberian government’s response to the crisis, which initially involved military-enforced quarantines and curfews. Emmanuel tries to get the rest of his family out of the country as the death toll from Ebola climbs and international aid slow to arrive.