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Cable Telecast Slated for Oscar-Nominated Documentary by Journalist Killed in Libya

Apr 21, 2011  •  Post A Comment

Following the news that filmmaker Tim Hetherington was killed Wednesday in a combat zone in Libya, it was announced that his Oscar-nominated documentay “Restrepo” will have an encore airing on cable.

National Geographic Channel announced that it will run the film, a documentary on the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, on Monday, April 25, 2011, at 9 p.m. ET. The telecast will feature an expanded version of the movie and will include a tribute to Hetherington.

Besides its Academy Award nomination this year for best documentary feature, the movie was a Grand Prize Jury Winner at Sundance. Co-directed by Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, it focuses on a remote 15-man outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.

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  1. This is ridiculous this shows that now the situation in Libya i think these incidents will continue until Libyan government fell down international community should think on Libya how to solve this problem and surrounding countries of Libya have to try to solve this problem mainly the government immediately resign and put elections.

  2. These murders says presents situation in Libya so foreigners have to plea their countries immediately to save their lives neighbouring countries of Libya also think how this problem will solved? all the countries have to pressure on UNO to end this problem as immediately as possible with this they can save so many lives.

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