No próximo dia 26, às 21h30, o National Geographic Channel passa o documentário Restrepo, vencedor do prémio de melhor documentário no Festival de Sundance deste ano, sobre um pelotão de Marines norte-americanos destacados para uma colina (a que deram o nome de Restrepo, em homenagem a um médico, Juan Restrepo, morto em combate no local) no Vale de Korengal, Afeganistão.

O documentário narra um ano na vida dos soldados e foi realizado por Sebastian Junger e Tim Hetherington. A ideia do documentário é, segundo os próprios:

The war in Afghanistan has become highly politicized, but soldiers rarely take part in that discussion. Our intention was to capture the experience of combat, boredom and fear through the eyes of the soldiers themselves. Their lives were our lives: we did not sit down with their families, we did not interview Afghans, we did not explore geopolitical debates. Soldiers are living and fighting and dying at remote outposts in Afghanistan in conditions that few Americans back home can imagine. Their experiences are important to understand, regardless of one's political beliefs. Beliefs are a way to avoid looking at reality. This is reality.

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