KORENGAL: This Is What War Feels Like, Screening, New America, Washington

Directed and produced by best-selling author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, KORENGAL picks up where the Academy Award®-nominated documentary RESTREPO left off. The film tells the gripping story of Battle Company 2/503 of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and their time in the remote Korengal Valley, the epicenter of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan at the time (2007-2008). With new, never-before-seen footage from Afghanistan, as well as post-deployment interviews with the soldiers, KORENGAL gives audiences an intimate view of what it means to be at war — and to come home from war.

Hosted by New America, the event will kick off with a reception at 5:30pm. Anne-Marie Slaughter, the President and CEO of New America, will introduce the film, which will be screened at 6:15. Following the conclusion of the screening, filmmaker Sebastian Junger will join New America Vice President Peter Bergen and other experts on stage for a discussion about the film.

In addition to raising awareness about the experiences of combat veterans, the event will benefit Team RWB and its community-based programs for veterans. Donations are optional and proceeds will go to supporting programs, such as the Veteran Ambassador Program, Veteran Athletic Camps, and a Leadership Development Program, which give both veterans and the communities they live in the tools they need to reintegrate into all aspects of civilian life.
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