Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

'Restrepo:' A New Kind of War Movie

By Tanya Paperny

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington insist they didn't want to make an activist movie. They wanted to make a documentary that showed what military deployment was like, politics aside. They wanted to show why men keep going back to war even after the trauma and the bloodshed, why they keep seeking that sense of brotherhood. In the film "Restrepo," they've succeeded. More »

Screening and Discussion: Inside Restrepo

At the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, a screening of Restrepo, a documentary about a platoon of U.S. soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The screening is followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.