KORENGAL, a new film directed by Sebastian Junger, opens in New York City.
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“Until you hear the snap of a bullet go by your head, there’s nothing else like it.” — Soldier in KORENGAL
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One of the most difficult stories we had to run on The Good Men Project was a tribute to Tim Hetherington, written by his friend and fellow photojournalist Michael Kamber soon after Tim was killed covering the civil war in Libya. One of the many things Tim was known for was the 2010 documentary film Restrepo, co-directed with Sebastian Junger. Micheal Kamber, one of the original contributors to The Good Men Project anthology, writes, “On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 20, somewhere in the Libyan port city of Misurata, a soldier launched a mortar skyward. Hundreds of yards away, a photojournalist was living his last moments on this earth. The shell hit the ground where a group of photographers and rebel fighters stood. Shrapnel tore through Tim Hetherington’s body. A giant in the field of journalism, a giant of a human being, Tim bled to death minutes later.”
Tim and Sebastian had planned to make a follow-up to Restrepo, and Tim’s death left a hole that was hard to fill. But Sebastian decided to continue the project anyway, teaming up with the original editor. And so KORENGAL was made—a film that is designed to help both civilians and soldiers really understand the experience of war. How does fear work? What is courage? Why do so many soldiers miss the war? Why is it so hard to come home?
Sebastian Junger, first known for his books A Death in Belmont
and The Perfect Storm, has always set out to answer the question “Why?”, and do so with exquisite storytelling. KORENGAL gets to the heart of war and those who are a part of it.
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“It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” – Robert E. Lee