Restrepo Documentary on Afghanistan Premieres on National Geographic Monday, November 29, 2010

The movie Restrepo premieres on National Geographic on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 9:00 pm EST.  The documentary follows one platoon for one year in a valley in Eastern Afghanistan.  The filmmakers are Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington.  The film was a Sundance Film Festival award winner.  A description of the film from the National Geographic website follows:

"The feature-length documentary 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 experimental film: the cameras never leave the soldiers; 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.  This is war, full stop.  The conclusions are up to you".

Click here to see the National Geographic web page on Restrepo.  The movie can be ordered from Amazon.com at the following link - Restrepo.