Award-Winning Film Director Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya
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Oscar-nominated documentary-maker Tim Hetherington, co-creator of the Sundance-winning documentary “Restrepo," was killed in the besieged city of Misurata, Libya, covering fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and the opposition. A British citizen who lived in New York, Hetherington had covered conflicts with sensitivity in Liberia, Afghanistan, Darfur and, in recent weeks, Libya. Hetherington was in Libya to continue his multimedia project highlighting humanitarian issues during times of war and conflict.
Photo-journalist Chris Hondros, a US Pulitzer finalist who worked for Getty Images, was also killed. Hetherington and Hondros were among eight to 10 journalists reporting from Tripoli Street in Misrata. When shooting broke out, they took shelter against a wall, which was hit by fire.
“Restrepo” won the 2010 Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and was a 2011 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary, Features. The movie is a stunning chronicle of one U.S. platoon, which was posted in one of the most dangerous valleys in Afghanistan. The film was made as part of Hetherington’s ongoing mission to bring the hardships of war into the public eye.
This article also presents “Diary,” one of Hetherington’s most recent works. “Diary” is a documentary short film that presents a dreamlike composition of insightful juxtapositions about his war experiences, composed of carefully conceived montages and almost inchoate sounds. It is similar in spirit to his impressionistic documentary short “Sleeping Soldiers” of 2009.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, the official trailer for “Restrepo” and Hetherington’s two documentary short films, “Diary” and “Sleeping Soldiers.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/award-winning-photographer-and-film-...
Photo-journalist Chris Hondros, a US Pulitzer finalist who worked for Getty Images, was also killed. Hetherington and Hondros were among eight to 10 journalists reporting from Tripoli Street in Misrata. When shooting broke out, they took shelter against a wall, which was hit by fire.
“Restrepo” won the 2010 Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and was a 2011 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary, Features. The movie is a stunning chronicle of one U.S. platoon, which was posted in one of the most dangerous valleys in Afghanistan. The film was made as part of Hetherington’s ongoing mission to bring the hardships of war into the public eye.
This article also presents “Diary,” one of Hetherington’s most recent works. “Diary” is a documentary short film that presents a dreamlike composition of insightful juxtapositions about his war experiences, composed of carefully conceived montages and almost inchoate sounds. It is similar in spirit to his impressionistic documentary short “Sleeping Soldiers” of 2009.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, the official trailer for “Restrepo” and Hetherington’s two documentary short films, “Diary” and “Sleeping Soldiers.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/award-winning-photographer-and-film-...
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Beloved infidel, you will be both missed and remembered.
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Journalists are the true heroes of the age . RIP good sir .
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