Body Team 12

Body Team 12
Film poster
Directed byDavid Darg
Written byDavid Darg
Produced byDavid Darg
Bryn Mooser
CinematographyDavid Darg
Edited byDavid Darg
Production
companies
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Body Team 12 is a 2015 short-documentary film about the Red Cross workers of Liberia, who collected dead bodies during the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The story is told by Garmai Sumo, a female worker who served as a nurse during the epidemic. It is directed by David Darg and produced by Darg and Bryn Mooser, while Olivia Wilde and Paul Allen of Vulcan Productions are executive producers.[1]

The documentary was well received by critics and earned widespread critical acclaim. It won the Best Documentary Short award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Body Team 12 is nominated for the Documentary Short Subject category at the 88th Academy Awards.[2]

  1. ^ Gregg Kilday (April 4, 2015). "David Darg's film looks at Red Cross workers in Liberia during the height of the Ebola outbreak". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 Oscar Nominees". Archived from the original on 2013-01-10.