Tuesday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Ethics Film Series

Restrepo is a 2010 documentary film directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger and British photographer Tim Hetherington. It explores the year that Junger and Hetherington spent in Afghanistan on assignment for Vanity Fair, embedded with the Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (airborne) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal valley.

Post film discussion was led by co-director Tim Hetherington. Special guests Duke Army ROTC. In case you weren’t able to attend, listen to co-director Tim Hetherington’s discussion of the film on WUNC’s “The State of Things.”

This event was presented in conjunction with the Center for Documentary Studies, the Arts of the Moving Image Program, and Duke’s Screen/Society.

Synopsis:
(Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington, 2010, 1 hour 31 minutes)

Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment.

• Winner, Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Documentary
• Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary
• Winner, National Board of Review Best Directorial Debut
• Nominee, Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary
• Nominee, Directors Guild of America Best Documentary

Learn more at restrepothemovie.com.