On the evening of November 1, the 33rd Flying Awards ceremony hosted by the State Administration of Radio and Television came to an end. Ebola Fighters, written by Professor Li Xiangmin (pen name Nan Ke), Vice President of Nanjing University of the Arts, dean and chief expert of Purple Academy of Culture& Creativity, and planned and produced by Purple Academy of Culture& Creativity, won the Outstanding Drama Award.
The “Flying Apsaras Award” is a TV Government Award sponsored by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China.
As one of the four major plays directly directed by the State Administration of Radio and Television to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, Ebola Fighters reflects the prototype of the Chinese medical team to fight against the Ebola virus in Africa in 2014. Virologist Zheng Shupeng and The shocking story of the arduous struggle against the virus by the Chinese medical aid team he was in.
As Zhu Yonglei, deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, said, Ebola Fighters is based on the major events of the Party and the country, and the selection was found from the great practices and creations of the people, reflecting the changes of the times, the progress of China, and the call of the people, which completing an exploration that has both a national and international perspective.
The creation of Ebola Fighters started on New Year's Day in 2018. After solid desk work and many in-depth interviews to complete the story framework, Li Xiangmin and the creators of Ebola Fighters went to Africa to conduct a field interview in order to understand the actual situation of the fight against Ebola, which resulted in a large number of real and This resulted in a lot of realistic and vivid details.
In Tanzania, he saw a young man in his 20s from Jiangsu buried in the Chinese expert cemetery, and 69 Chinese experts and technicians died in the line of duty to assist Tanzania's national construction, and they never left. He visited the local village alone and saw the villagers boiling bananas to eat. The only furniture in the house was the iron wire used to dry simple clothes. The bed was made of soil and the stove was piled up with three bricks. However, they all had a deep affection for China. People in the city would also watch the Chinese TV drama Beautiful Daughter-in-Law. Li Xiangmin was injured in an accident while in Africa, and experienced first-hand the local medical conditions and the work of the Chinese medical team.
In Li Xiangmin's view, in addition to letting the audience further understand the ferocity of the virus, as well as the tenacity and persistence of medical staff and experts in the face of this war, the drama should also show the grand theme of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. In the face of a virulent virus like Ebola, no one or no country can stand aloof. We are not going to assist Africa, but to help ourselves. There is a word that transcends assistance, that is, mutual assistance. In the process of China's assistance to Africa, the African people are also helping us. Everyone's help is sincere and mutual.
Li Xiangmin believes that real historical figures and events can move people more. During his creation, he interviewed many groups of Chinese medical teams who rushed to Africa to fight against Ebola, visited African rural families, etc., and obtained many real and touching stories. Finally, he was able to show the deeds of aiding Africa and fighting against Ebola in a panoramic way, pay homage to the benevolence of doctors, interpret that love has no boundaries, and use love stories to highlight China's responsibility as a great power under the community of shared future for mankind.
According to incomplete statistics, Ebola Fighters was broadcast on the head network, Beijing Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV, with 190 million viewers on both channels. During the broadcast, the ratings were among the top in the same period of the country, and Zhejiang Satellite TV also achieved the first place for many times. Relevant topics have been on the trending topics list of microblog for many times, and short video platforms such as Tiktok and Kwai, breaking the audience's stereotype of medical dramas and theme dramas, and arousing the audience's expectation and recognition of domestic dramas with high-quality and positive energy.
The Ebola Fighters won the Flying Award , which is the achievement of Purple Academy of Culture& Creativity to actively serve the society, tell Chinese stories, create literary and artistic masterpieces, guide public opinion by artistic means, and give play to the characteristic function of cultural and artistic think tanks. In the future, Purple Academy of Culture& Creativity will continue to keep firmly in mind the mission of the times, and strengthen its determination to prosper and develop the literature and art industry and cause in the new era, adhere to the creation route of cultural and artistic boutique projects, enhance the dissemination of Chinese culture, and improve the social influence and public opinion guidance ability of cultural and artistic think tanks through highly, deeply and warmly literary and artistic works.
