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“We all know that Ebola is real. Ebola kills. We want you to live.“

Fall 2014, at the height of the Ebola outbreak, Joseph Boakai, Vice President of Liberia, gave a moving speech to the people of his country.

With the words “We want you to live“ he not only expressed his condolences to those that had lost loved ones. He also wanted to encourage Liberians to fight Ebola together.

These words inspired Carl Gierstorfer and he chose “We Want You to Live“ as the title for his documentary.

Listen to part of Joseph Boakai’s speech broadcasted in one of Radio Gbarnga’s Situation Reports.