Five documentaries you should netflix before seeing korengal at e street cinema sebastian junger directed korengal, a documentary about soldiers on the front lines. Between may 2007 and july 2008, filmmakers sebastian junger and tim hetherington follow a 15man platoon into the remote outpost of restrepo. Kamber in midtown manhattan to talk about the film and much else besides. I also loved generation kill despite it not being a doco. Create an account for a better discovery experience.
They were in the korangal valley, described on cnn as the most dangerous place in the world. And as long as were throwing out recommendations, dirty wars recently blew my mind. And which way to the front line, a documentary about him tim heatherington, is also on netflix. May 30, 2014 in korengal, a sequel to the documentary restrepo, american soldiers contemplate their past battle experiences in a valley in afghanistan. Sebastian junger talks restrepo followup korengal collider. Combat diary iraq full movie modern war documentary 2018.
Misha pemblebelkin left of the 173rd airborne brigades battle company turns during a firefight in 2008 in korengal valley in afghanistans kunar province. The americans were effectively forced to fight on foot like the taliban were fighting. Back to a civilization that feels nothing like the tightknit community and. Mar 26, 2017 we are continuing our list of best military documentaries like restrepo on hulu with dirty wars that approaches the invasion of afghanistan by the u. Generation kill is almost documentary like with the first phase of the iraqi invasion. Restrepo, which won both an emmy and a sundance film festival award, is a featurelength documentary following the deployment of american soldiers in the korengal valley of afghanistan. Yes, we also have a list of the 7 best military documentaries like restrepo on hulu.
Thats how specific we are in meeting our readers documentary. The only one to match tastes across all categories to give you exactly what youve been. It seemed like a classic structure, and it would be the way id have done it in a book. Nov 17, 2014 the last patrol is a haunting eulogy for restrepo. Restrepo felt like the story of how boys become men.
Restrepo is a featurelength documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u. 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. Battle companys actions there were the basis of the book war by sebastian junger and the documentary restrepo by junger and tim hetherington. A companion piece to restrepo, the oscarnominated documentary about the war in afghanistan. Its also being pitched as the first apolitical war documentary of the post911 era. People have asked me what is the difference between a war documentary and war itself. Gives a pretty realistic inside look at an aircraft carrier, the uss nimitz, during a 6 month deployment to the persian gulf during the current gulf war.
Korengal is the second film from restrepos sebastian junger and picks up where the former left off. We are continuing our list of best military documentaries like restrepo on hulu with dirty wars that approaches the invasion of afghanistan by the u. After watching restrepo on netflix, carrier was a documentary they recommended. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through. Documentary restrepo captures the hell of war restrepo follows the experience of american soldiers deployed to afghanistans korengal valley. Junger, along with hetherington, used material gathered in the korengal valley of afghanistan for the book and to create a related documentary feature restrepo. The outpost was under round the clock siege by the taliban, whoas restrepo brings home. From 2007 through 2008, junger was embedded with u. It was filmed at great personal risk by the war photographer tim hetherington and the author sebastian junger the perfect storm. He rolled to one side and wound up near pfc vimoto. If you want a more indepth treatment of the operation, i would recommend you read sebastian jungers book war, that he wrote at the same time he was filming restrepo. Read on to see sebastian junger and evan thomas talk about their books. The cameramen must have been paid a lot to be in a warzone that is considered the most dangerous of all war zone. Sebastian junger and tim hetherington are the filmmakers.
His critically acclaimed film, restrepo, and book, war, document his time as an. Mcknight told me afterward, with what seemed like improbable. Tim hetherington for a companion documentary, restrepo, which was. Junger turned his harrowing experience as an embed in afghanistan into a book and sundance grand jury prizewinning documentary, restrepo, released this. Restrepo by tim hetherington, sebastian junger tim. Its true that films like restrepo portray many aspects of wartime accurately, and bridge. Korengal breaks down war in afghanistan the documentary follows up on sebastian jungers oscarnominated film restrepo. The gusto with which the documentarys central figure anwar congo and his compatriots take to the. Books like books similar to other books books like. It wasnt as powerful or as warlike as i expected it to be, but that put aside, i felt. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The festival enthusiasm is not the end of it because restrepo will be broadcast globally by national geographic.
The book s called war by sebastian junger and thats it. Restrepo, a documentary that tracks an army platoon serving in a dangerous part of northeast afghanistan near the pakistani border a little more than two. We met later on, covered the civil war in the ivory coast together and have been friends ever since. Restrepo is a film not just about the events of combat, but also about brotherhood, according to junger. Magazine articles, documentaries, books they all require the same level of. 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. Restrepo accoustic cover stay together for the kids youtube. Restrepo documentary film, awardnominated work, film, netflix title, awardwinning work. Junger is embedded with a group of soldiers in a valley near pakistan.
An empty restaurant near grand central terminal in new york on monday. Sebastian junger on korengal the documentary filmmaker revisits the world of his oscarnominated movie restrepo for a look at the soldiers p. I watched the documentary restrepo and did not like it. Our radio team picked up near constant chatter from taliban spotters. 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. War and millions of other books are available for instant access.
Dec 15, 2010 for the best answers, search on this site i believe he does appear in the film, but not his moh actions. His latest publishing project is infidel, an intimate portrait of a single u. The fall of syria and the rise of isis from national geographic documentary films, filmmakers sebastian junger and nick quested meticulously identify the forces that led to the deadly conflict in syria and facilitated the rise of the radical islamists who are now organizing and inspiring terrorist operations around the world. Liberian civil war, caught in sierra leone during the 2000 civil war, and in 2006, briefly held by oil rebels in the niger delta. Tastedive is a recommendation engine that helps you explore your taste. A documentary about a platoon of us soldiers in afghanistan is a haunting depiction of life on the front line by jonathan owen and matthew bell. Jun 26, 2014 a companion piece to restrepo, the oscarnominated documentary about the war in afghanistan. Restrepo and the imagery of war the new york times. These are the 66 best documentaries of all time vogue. Once signed in, you receive better, personalized recommendations for similar music, movies, tv shows, books, authors, games, and podcasts, based on what you like.
I raise these issues because the justly acclaimed new documentary restrepo is being touted as more real. Jul 12, 2010 we know that many of you experienced the documentary restrepo at afi silverdocs and other special screenings. Together, they created restrepo the winner of the 2010 sundance film festival documentary. Jul 02, 2010 the gunshots in restrepo dont sound like what you hear in movies.
Junger is an adventurous reporter, and hetherington, an experienced war zone photographer. In the documentary trailer embedded above with nsfw language, journalist and author sebastian junger joined british photographer tim hetherington in one of the deadliest war zones on earth. Scenes from this film were clipped and put into this video. Tim hetherington, who spent a year embedded in afghanistan with writer sebastian junger, recalls his time on the ground amid fire fights, and. Reviewing restrepo and the wars we fight foreign policy. Unintended star of restrepo returns to afghanistan. He is the coauthor of the prosperity agenda, a book on u. His book war 2010 revolves around a platoon of the us army 173rd airborne stationed in afghanistan. Perhaps the most important documentary still lacking is the reintegration or in other cases failure of reintegration of soldiers back into civilian life, whether with their wifes and children, family of origin, work, or just life in generalthe restrepo of reintegration so to speak, which for the survivors often felt even harder than. Everybody is like, oh, youre going to the korangal. The film shows the dedication to their duty as a soldier and their commitment to one another as brothers.
Jun 22, 2010 the documentary restrepo, directed by mr. I said to tim, were not going near the frontline if theres active fighting. They sound like cracks and drumbeats harmless or, at least, less harmful. A documentary about a platoon of us soldiers in afghanistan is a haunting depiction of life on the front line.
Jun 30, 2010 afghanistan is a word on the news, debated in terms of our foreign policy. Id also direct you to the restrepo companion book war. The documentary restrepo is an unsparing, upclose look at the life of. Feb 28, 2011 author and journalist sebastian junger was nominated for an oscar for his afghan war documentary restrepo. Army platoon second platoon, b company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment airborne, 173rd airborne brigade combat team in the korengal valley, afghanistan. Early in the iraq war, there was a documentary that followed a group of national. Magazine articles, documentaries, books they all require the same level of experiencing honesty about events. Sebastian junger and tim hetherington both worked together to create the documentary restrepo. With the material in the film we didnt want to provide a broad context for what youre looking at. I bought the videoenriched kindle version, which is also outstanding. Unintended star of restrepo returns to afghanistan stripes. 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 company of the 3rd.
Hetherington and sebastian junger, will open friday. Thats how specific we are in meeting our readers documentary demands. Aug 26, 2011 an accoustic song from documentary restrepo, based on the blink 182 song, with a good amount of reflection. Junger simultaneously wrote dispatches for vanity fair, gathered material for his book war, and made restrepo with hetherington. Restrepo is a finalist for an academy award for best documentary and deservedly so, because it provides an almost unbearably intense immersion into the lives of soldiers at war.
The part around the middle where one of their buddies is killed in combat and the other guy breaks down. But the footage they managed to collect for that show really only made the pjs look like glorified paramedics, rushing to the scene, picking up the wounded, and stabilizing them until they reach the hospital. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the persons given names to the link. Director sebastian junger talks about his restrepo documentary followup korengal, which focuses on the realistic effects of war on soldiers. Sebastian junger on his new war documentary korengal. Five documentaries you should netflix before seeing.
This academy awardnominated featurelength documentary. There is no narrator, only the footage from korengal valley and the interviews of the soldiers following their deployment. Juan sebastian restrepo october 7, 1986 july 22, 2007 was a colombian american soldier and medic. Jungers codirector on restrepo, the britishamerican photojournalist tim hetherington, who shot much of the early footage in korengal, died in 2011 while covering the libyan civil war. This book is about why tribal sentiment is such a rare and precious thing in modern. Sebastian junger bleeds for restrepo the village voice. Restrepo is a visceral, powerful documentary on the war in afghanistan, but i found it to be way overhyped.
For the best answers, search on this site i believe he does appear in the film, but not his moh actions. Restrepo was killed in the korengal valley in afghanistan, of neck wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using smallarms fire. For a lot of men, the security of being enclosed by a group like that apparently. Upon completion of the book, i had to go view restrepo which is the documentary that was shot in conjunction with the book by junger and another film maker that he spent several tours with during the writing of the book in the hopes that i could learn more about the individuals listed in the book. A soldierseye view from afghanistan restrepo chronicles the deployment of 15 soldiers into afghanistans korengal valley, considered one of the militarys most dangerous postings. Winner of the grand jury prize for documentary at sundance film festival 2010, restrepo chronicles the development of a platoon of u.
Junger, a veteran war correspondent and author of several books. He planned to be a doctor, like his father and grandfather. Besides a map of the korengal valley in afghanistan, included were clips from the documentary, restrepo. It is not like the hurt locker no offense, but this is actual camera work during the war. Nevertheless, the movie based its story on the visceral power of the restrepo is real. Restrepo sits alongside jungers articles, hetheringtons pictures. Restrepo is a 2010 american documentary film about the afghanistan war, directed by american journalist sebastian junger and britishamerican photojournalist tim hetherington.
Sebastian jungers documentary film restrepo deserves an. Like these two iraq documentaries, restrepo for the most part lets. I really enjoyed the two and was wondering what are some others i should watch. Granite peaks topping 6,000 feet surround the base like enormous shark fins.
The gunshots in restrepo dont sound like what you hear in movies. We felt that we should be able to construct a film where the material itself was so. I havent seen restrepo, but i did see a movie called gunner palace. Journalist sebastian junger discusses tribe the san diego. 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. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. Like wrights book, gibneys film revolves around the personal testimony of former scientologists like. The film is narrated by several men who fought with pfc juan s.
It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u. It was directed by sebastian junger, who worked on restrepo alongside heatherington. Their remarks have been edited for brevity and clarity. Produced and directed by two embedded photojournalists, the film unflinchingly examines ideas of courage and humanity as the soldiers cope with life and death in afghanistans most dangerous valley. He was honored in restrepo, nominated for best documentary feature at the. The filmmakers restrepo a film by sebastian junger.
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