Award Winning Filmmaker Dies in Misrata
1,324 views · Published 21 April 2011 · 3:23 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2011 · News & Politics
Two Western photojournalists were killed Wednesday in the Libyan city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Chris Hondros was a photographer for Getty Images. Tim Hetherington was the acclaimed director of the 2010 documentary Restrepo, about U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan fighting to hold a tiny outpost surrounded by Taliban fighters. VOA's Penelope Poulou has more.
