They sound like cracks and drumbeats harmless or, at least, less harmful. Nobody thinks about foreign policy in restrepo, a documentary shot during the 15 months an american company fought there under almost daily fire. In afghanistan, loving life, making war the new york times. Restrepo carrera 21 no 1528 sur calle 80 calle no 8915 suba avenida suba no 128a26. Afghanistan is a word on the news, debated in terms of our foreign policy. Mainstreamed use of private documents for companies constitution. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u.
The documentaries that help explain bergdahl the new yorker. 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. This department of meta location article is a stub. Restrepo by tim hetherington, sebastian junger tim. The iraq war is likely the most documented prolonged military conflict in history outside of world war ii, but there havent been as many books, movies, or documentaries about the fight in afghanistan, largely because the terrain there is more forbidding and the situation at the front more volatile, so its harder to reduce and reproduce as drama. A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in afghanistan. The owner of the lot or a representative must request that codensa install the. The film shows the dedication to their duty as a soldier and their commitment to one another as brothers. Restrepo, a 2010 war documentary this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title restrepo. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year.
Oscars 2011 nominee this is the real moden warfare a year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in afghanistan. A strategic passage wanted by the taliban and alqaeda, afghanistans korengal valley is among the deadliest pieces of terrain in the world for u. Filmmakers sebastian junger and tim hetherington pay a visit to afghanistans korengal valley to spend a year with the second platoon, a besieged squadron who dubbed their stronghold outpost restrepo in honor of their fallen comrade pfc juan restrepo. Restrepo, a documentary that sticks close to a company of american soldiers during a grueling 14month tour of duty in an especially dangerous part of afghanistan, is an impressive, even. Sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan.
In two great documentaries, restrepo 2010 and its sequel korengal 2014, junger and hetherington got the daily routine of an outpost onto film, with moving results. Restrepo is a featurelength documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u. The gunshots in restrepo dont sound like what you hear in movies. However, shareholders are entitled to examine the financial statements and corporate books of a publicly held stock corporation within. Sebastian junger remembers tim hetherington vanity fair. Misha pemblebelkin, made famous by the documentary restrepo and the book war, has returned to kunar province in eastern afghanistan as a platoon sergeant with b. Restrepo is a film not just about the events of combat, but also about brotherhood, according to junger. They were in the korangal valley, described on cnn as the most dangerous place in the world.
Restrepo is as close as it gets to seeing what life as a soldier is really like about. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The second casualty was restrepo, so the new forward operating base was named after him. Unintended star of restrepo returns to afghanistan stripes. One soldier commented it didnt seem fitting, as the outpost was such a shithole and restrepo was such a great guy, but by the end of their tour, they had considerably improved the post and were glad it. Restrepo is a town and municipality in the meta department, colombia coordinates. Subject to the documentary, restrepo by sebastian junger and war by the same author. Asociados junior santiago villamil ospina y elisa echavarria. With the men of battle company 2nd of the 503rd infantry regiment 173rd airborne brigade combat team, juan doc restrepo, dan kearney, lamonta caldwell. The film is narrated by several men who fought with pfc juan s. 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. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the. Restrepo is clearly a movie focused on the americans fear and suffering, rather than the afghans, leaving the judgment up to us.
Colombia country handbook this handbook provides basic. Jones practices his golf swing while at the main kop firebase in the valley. Restrepo illustrates the chris hedges line that opens kathryn bigelows similarly intense, visceral, but unanalytical fiction film, the hurt locker, the rush of battle is often a. Social security administration public data, the first name restrepo was not present. An alqaeda and taliban stronghold, korengal valley sees some of the fiercest fighting in the. The new projects are rio ambeima hydroelectric, 45 mw, carlos lleras restrepo hydroelectric, 78 mw. Codensa operates in the colombian central region with an infrastructure of nearly 70. For decades, author sebastian junger has been covering wars all over the world, but he never imagined that his book, war, and movie.
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