Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Restrepo will have an encore broadcast on National Geographic.

With the Grand Jury Prize Winner for Documentary at Sundance already behind it, the film chronicles the deployment of U.S. Troops stationed at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan.

Following the announcement by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences,  National Geographic Channel (NGC) will screen the film on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The film will air in its entirety, unedited and with limited commercial interruption.

A. O. Scott from The New York Times said: ‘This one is exceptional. An outstanding new documentary. It’s a fantastic movie. See it!”

SYNOPSIS

Restrepo is a feature-length film by award-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington and journalist/author Sebastian Junger that chronicles the deployment of U.S. troops in the Korengal Valley, one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. This is an entirely experiential film. The cameras never leave the valley, there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 94-minute deployment. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.