Restrepo is a town and municipality in the meta department, colombia. 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. Rafael a restrepo monsalve colombia perfil profesional. With restrepo and a new book entitled war, junger raises his afghan reporting for vanity fair from journalism to art. This department of meta location article is a stub. Restrepo is a featurelength documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u.
Begin a new project dropbox bookstore audiobook production prices print on demand print book. It almost makes a person forget its even a documentary, creating an expectation to see everything youd see in a hollywood war movie, including people dying onscreen. As unnerving as it is illuminating, restrepo is an intimate portrait of a platoon posted to afghanistans korengal valley, one of the u. On friday july 23rd the documentary released by national geographics restrepo in theaters across the country revealed the truth on the war in afghanistan. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u. Sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. Restrepo 2010 photographer tim hetherington and journalist sebastian junger allow the realities of war to speak for themselves in this unnarrated documentary about a u. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open. Association to commit a crime, obstruction of free. It was delightful to miss all of the speculation and postdissection that comes with.
The book goes even further into the psyche of the soldiers themselves and gives the reader a much deeper feeling of the brotherhood and love that soldiers experience in warfare. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. 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. A man without a shirt and wearing shorts is seen sleeping on a cot. Join facebook to connect with tibisay monsalve restrepo and others you may know. It has been over a year since my friend and colleague, tim hetherington, was killed by a mortar blast in libya. Men and young men are seen shirtless on various occasions. Almost in training my name is corriander brennaur and all i want to be known as is a regular old college student. Ines restrepo phone, address, background info whitepages. Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends. An alqaeda and taliban stronghold, korengal valley sees some of the fiercest fighting in the. Army platoon second platoon, b company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment airborne, 173rd airborne brigade combat team in the korengal valley, afghanistan. Nobody thinks about foreign policy in restrepo, a documentary shot during the 15 months an american company fought there under almost daily fire.
Nov 19, 2015 juan david monsalve restrepo is on facebook. Join facebook to connect with juan david monsalve restrepo and others you may know. If you want to hear what the lord thinks of his testimony and preaching, read our section on catholicism. Afghanistan is a word on the news, debated in terms of our foreign policy. Jun 30, 2010 afghanistan is a word on the news, debated in terms of our foreign policy. In a weird kind of way the decision of junger, hetherington and their backers to emphasize allamerican violence rather than address the corrupting force of twentyfirst century empire building presents a kind of disneyfied version of the afpak. Together, they created restrepothe winner of the 2010 sundance film. More behance careers at behance adobe portfolio blog powered by behance creative career tips download the app.
A man is seen making a crude motion while saying to the camera that he is going to do the same to his baby when he got home. On a recent vacation i spent a week without seeing or hearing any news. Restrepo by tim hetherington, sebastian junger tim. 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. Jul 14, 2017 sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. Since that awful day i have started a nonprofit organization called risc reporters instructed in saving colleagues. Subject to the documentary, restrepo by sebastian junger and war by the same author. Begin a new project dropbox bookstore audiobook production prices print on demand print book prices ebook service prices. Sebastian junger born january 17, 1962 is an american journalist, author and filmmaker. Restrepo restrepo is a film documentary made by sebastian junger and tim hetherington of the fifteen months they spent embedded with a u. They were in the korangal valley, described on cnn as the most dangerous place in the world. Dinner in honor of juan sebastian restrepo august 6th, 2010. Restrepo is such a battlefield immersion, it almost works against itself. Location of the municipality and town of restrepo, meta in the meta department of colombia.
For decades, author sebastian junger has been covering wars all over the world, but he never imagined that his book, war, and movie. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point. Eso no by marcelo birmajer read free book online download. She graduated from the university of texas at austin with a degree in speech communication. Reviewing war for the washington post back in may, philip caputo, whose 1977 a rumor of war captured the grunts reality in vietnam, wrote. Interviews with some of the soldiers allow them to describe their experiences on the front lines. A true story of men against the sea 1997, which became a bestseller. The perils of human activity on south american deltas. Between may 2007 and july 2008, filmmakers sebastian junger and tim hetherington follow a 15man platoon into the remote outpost of restrepo. Join us in remembering the life of an incomparable photojournalist, codirector of restrepo, and great friend, killed on april 20 while covering the conflict in libya. It is dedicated to training freelance journalists in frontline combat medicine. This ebook is available in the following downloadable formats. A documentary that follows the 173rd airborne brigade combat team stationed in korengal valley, the deadliest combat region in afghanistan. As glamorous as this may seem, she spends a lot of time researching, thinking, and talking to the dog about her characters, plots, and story lines.
Esteban restrepo monsalve cfo inmotion group linkedin. Media in category restrepo, meta the following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. I have chosen to critically analyse the discourse of the text, by which. Jk0022 jn0102 220802 220902 000089 1z0808 c2010652. This means she basically sits around in pajamas making up lies. Sexnudity 3 using crude language, a man jokes that he would have sex with another man. My fiancee and i sat with marcela pardo mother and gloria pardo grandmother of fallen us army soldier juan sebastian restrepo. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. We found 10 records for ines restrepo in florida, texas and 5 other states. Together, they created restrepo the winner of the 2010 sundance film festival documentary grand jury prize. The book is funny, harrowing, humbling, uplifting and yet ultimately very sad given the. Bettina restrepo is a childrens book writer and the author of the new young adult novel, illegal. In this sense restrepo and jungers book, war, exploit the very soldiers they profess to honor. 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.
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