Farm Street Film Club: Tim Hetherington's mother to speak at screening of Restrepo

The Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street church, will be showing the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Restrepo' this Thursday evening. Tim's mother, Judith Hetherington, will introduce the film and take questions afterwards.

This documentary film, co-directed with Sebastian Junger, records the year Tim spent on assignment in Afghanistan's Korengai Valley while embedded with a US army platoon. The film intimately observes soldiers while 'not at war' as they defend the outpost named 'Restrepo' after the platoon medic who was killed earlier in the action.

Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010[6] and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Hetherington won various awards including the 2008 World Press Photo of the Year.

The directors said that their film does not advocate war but aims to capture the reality of everyday life as a soldier.

The organisers say: "If you make only one visit to our special film club, I exhort you to see this unforgettable film."

Restreppo will be screened at the Tim Hetherington Film Club, Arrupe Hall, Farm Street, 114 Mount St W1K 3AH at 6.30pm for 7pm on Thursday 27 April 2023. Cost: free - with drinks and refreshments (donations welcome) Booking invited (but not necessary) at dthurst52@gmail.com

Timothy Hetherington was a British photojournalist who produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads." He was killed in 2011 at the age of 40 while on assignment in Misrata, Libya. Read more about Tim Hetherington here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hetherington