Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, Restrepo chronicles the deployment of US Army platoon 2/503 Battle Company, of the 173rd Airborne in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, one of the most dangerous postings in the US military. In their directorial debut, Tim Hetherington (award winning photographer and cinematographer) and Sebastian Junger (acclaimed author, “The Perfect Storm”) hunker down in a remote 15-man outpost named “Restrepo” after a platoon medic who was killed in action. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley and there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.
Opens on June 25 at the Angelika Film Center http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/ through National Geographic Entertainment.

Discussion with filmmaker Tim Hetherington following June 18 and June 21 screenings

Time Out New York hosts a special screening on June 20 with filmmakers Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger in conversation with Time Out Film Editor David Fear, reception to follow

Human Rights Watch’s work on Afghanistan focuses on accountability, women’s rights, issues related to security, and civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict. The most recent report on civilian casualties and the conflict in Afghanistan is the September 2008 report “Troops in Contact: Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan”. http://www.hrw.org/asia/afghanistan

Presented in association with Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), www.civicworldwide.org and Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, www.dartcenter.org