Obc black hearts pdp outline admin note its sourced by. Army platoon second platoon, b company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment airborne, 173rd airborne brigade combat team in the korengal valley, afghanistan. Jungers documentary about an army outpost in afghanistan. The soldiers name their outpost for juan restrepo, a platoon medic killed in battle. Tim hetherington, who spent a year embedded in afghanistan with writer sebastian junger, recalls his time on. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was. The only reason anyone was alive at restrepo or at aranas or at ranch house. Monica restrepo has 162 books on goodreads, and is currently reading harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j. Tim hetherington, award winning photographer and documentary filmmaker is the coproducer and codirector of restrepo with sebastian junger, which won the grand jury prize at the 2010 sundance film festival. A soldierseye view from afghanistan restrepo chronicles the deployment of 15 soldiers into afghanistans korengal valley, considered one of the militarys most dangerous postings.
Jungers suggestion that the soldiers in afghanistan did not. Restrepo is a film documentary made by sebastian junger and tim hetherington of the fifteen months they spent embedded with a u. The outpost also includes interesting character development in telling the stories of many of the troops that served at cop keating. The outpost is named restrepo after a medic who died early in the. In this book, marino restrepo travels as deeply as he can into the heart of todays real catholic church. In laura restrepo s novel, a man grapples with his wifes, and his countrys, loss of memory. It follows the soldiers of second platoon, battle company, as they fight to build and maintain a remote 15man outpost called restrepo, named after a beloved platoon medic killed in action shortly after they arrived. Jungers time with the men of second platoon is also the subject of his recently released book war, by twelve, a division of the hachette book group. What sebastian junger and restrepo wont tell you about. As suggested by the new films title, which refers to the valley where outpost restrepo was located, korengal zooms out from the first films granular focus on the daytoday life of the.
The film consists of closeup interviews with soldiers in a platoon stationed at outpost restrepo, during and after their deployment. Jul 12, 2010 we know that many of you experienced the documentary restrepo at afi silverdocs and other special screenings. Jul 02, 2010 the korengal valley sits near the pakistan border and is considered one of the deadliest regions in the country. Restrepo was a strategic outpost named in honour of their medic, pfc juan restrepo, who was. Their film observes a platoon of us infantrymen during an extended tour of duty at restrepo, a remote outpost high up in the dusty, sometimes snowcovered. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in. Restrepo, the medic for whom the outpost in jungers film was named, remain relatively few compared, at least, to vietnam. Junger revisits afghanistan in korengal the boston globe. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo. War is a big and sprawling word that brings a lot of human. Someone, somewhere, came up with the moronic idea of putting a post in a location so remote, so inaccessible, and so dangerous that many, many soldiers lost their lives, unnecessarily, the author shows.
His collaboration with writer sebastian junger, the documentary film restrepo, was awarded the grand jury prize at the 2010 sundance film festival and was nominated for an academy award. The 2nd platoon is depicted defending the outpost op named after a platoon medic who was killed earlier in the campaign, pfc juan sebastian restrepo. The restrepo outpost is surrounded by forested hills and mountains as it. For decades, author sebastian junger has been covering wars all over the world, but he never imagined that his book, war, and movie. Shortly after the release of his documentary restrepo, photographer tim hetherington was killed in libya. Junger, a veteran war correspondent and author of several books.
Join facebook to connect with restrepo and others you may know. Soldiers spend about 2 weeks at the restrepo outpost before coming back to the main kop base where they can get a hot shower and call their family. Recipes from guyana and the caribbean from guyana outpost archive healthcare visualizing the history of pandemics by death toll infographic guyana and caribbean recipes. In the whole of my hometown of philadelphia, i was able to find it playing in only one downtown art house. Sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. Having already won the grand jury prize for documentary at the sundance film festival this year, in addition to a host of other accolades, the film is continuing to open at more theaters across the country and were proud to help spread the word. Manalo, now a book buyer at idlewild books in manhattan, said that he had not seen restrepo, but that mr. Despite the book s title, jungers reporting is more about combat than war, an important distinction he is careful to draw. Unintended star of restrepo returns to afghanistan stripes. Jun 30, 2010 the deaths of men they fought with are almost impossible for them to speak of. Restrepo is a documentary that chronicles the year that filmmakers and journalists tim hetherington and sebastian junger spent embedded with the second platoon, a squadron that was besieged while seeking to liberate the korengal valley in afghanistan. Soldiers from second platoon hang out at the restrepo outpost. This soldier never had a toy gun as his hippie parents disapproved. Its fired by a guy who doesnt make that in a year at a guy who doesnt make that in a lifetime.
A firefight at breaks out at outpost restrepo in afghanistant korengal valley. Most soldiers are decorated with tattoos, and one of the soldiers has seven set up a tattoo parlour in his barrack. If you want to see restrepo on a big screen, you had better act quickly. He explores the spiritual state of the church in her relationship with god and with her godgiven responsibilities. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u. Between may 2007 and july 2008, filmmakers sebastian junger and tim hetherington follow a 15man platoon into the remote outpost of restrepo. We dont have a particular focus here at book outpost, simply an ever changing wide selection of unusual titles. The documentary restrepo is an unsparing, upclose look at the life of a.
Restrepo, the outpost, and black hearts all convey different messages. Restrepo is a vivid documentary following a platoon of american soldiers in the korengal valley of afghanistan. Jul 14, 2017 sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. But the americans also hoped that taking the fight into the korengal would draw taliban militants and alqaida fighters away from the nearby pech valley.
What lessons can we take from them about the army ethic. Laura restrepo has 27 books on goodreads with 24629 ratings. Restrepo is a 2010 american documentary film about the afghanistan war, directed by american journalist sebastian junger and british photojournalist tim hetherington the film 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, 173rd airborne brigade combat team. Restrepo is clearly a movie focused on the americans fear and suffering, rather than the afghans, leaving the judgment up to us. Jun 26, 2014 as suggested by the new films title, which refers to the valley where outpost restrepo was located, korengal zooms out from the first films granular focus on the daytoday life of the. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The film airs on national geographic channel in the fall. The memory of restrepo lived on in the guitar lessons he provided and his book of flamenco songs. Restrepo is a featurelength documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u. Korengal the 2010 documentary restrepo is one of the best war films ever made, so perhaps its understandable that director sebastian junger would return to his footage to shape a semi. Unintended star of restrepo returns to afghanistan. An alqaeda and taliban stronghold, korengal valley sees some of the fiercest fighting in the war on terror.
It was a textbook demonstration of exactly how not to fight an insurgency. Tim hetherington, who spent a year embedded in afghanistan with writer sebastian junger, recalls his time on the ground amid fire fights, and. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon. The book documents the incubation of the idea of cop keating through. End page 61 the outposts were presented as a way to bring security and ruleoflaw to the korengal.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The hardfought swath of ground in this instance was combat outpost restrepo, an offshoot of a bigger outpost, and more importantly, an offshoot won following a brutal fight in the wake of juan. They named the outpost restrepo, after the medic who was killed. After outpost restrepo grew from a dugout into a proper position with shelter and fortifications, they felt right having named it for him. Sebastian jungers 2010 book war, and the subsequent film restrepo, document his experiences while embedded with battle company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry, 173rd airborne brigade combat team manning the small outpost restrepo, named for fallen medic juan sebastian restrepo, in the korangal valley. Winner of the grand jury prize for documentary at sundance film festival 2010, restrepo chronicles the development of a platoon of u. The korengal valley sits near the pakistan border and is considered one of the deadliest regions in the country. Colleague and filmmaker sebastian junger traces hetheringtons work across the worlds battlefields to reveal how he transcended the boundaries of imagemaking to become a luminary in his profession. About onethird of the outpost soldiers were redeployed back to kunar, afghanistan.
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