Restrepo

United States 2010, 93 mins
Director: Tim Hetherington

Synopsis

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance 2010, RESTREPO chronicles the deployment of a platoon of American soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.

The remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action, was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the US military.

The cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats.

The only goal was to make viewers feel as if they had just been through a 90-minute deployment.

This is war, full stop.

The conclusions are up to you.