Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger are the co-directors of "Restrepo," the new doc which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Fest. The film, which deals with the Afghan war, is released by National Geographic July 2, 2010.
How did you come across this particular assignment – what brought you there?
Sebastian: We were on assignment for Vanity Fair and ABC News. After an embed with Battle Company in 2005, I’d had the idea of following one platoon for an entire deployment and both writing a book and making a documentary about their experience.





