that's great. >> that's really good. >>> is he basebastian junger ha friend >>> sebastian junger andat an isolated outpost in afghanistan. it was nominated for an academy award in 2011. and two months after the oscars, tim heatherton was killed documenting the rebels' struggle in libya. now junger is focusing on the life and work of his remarkable friend. >> my work as a filmmaker, i always look to be as close to the subject as possible. you're always looking for those moments when the machine breaks down, where there's cracks in it. and i think what happened to us in terms of being given access into this remote valley in afghanistan was that people kind of forgot about it. and i think it was that persistence going back and back that gave us such unique access. >> the hbo documentary is called "which way is the front line from here?" sebastian junger is here with us. >> good morning. >> the title comes from something that tim actually said along the way. and what was interesting to me, it's such a beautiful, powerful tribute to your friend. you talked to his parents, his girlfriend.

weeks earlier, he was attending the academy awards, nominated with his friend sebastian junger for theovie "restrepo." >> we were at war and we wanted to bring the war into people's living rooms and movie theatres. >> reporter: now tim's death, and more importantly, his life are the subject of junger's latest documentary, called "which way is frontline from here?" >> i always look to be as close to the subject as possible. >> why did you decide to do this documentary? >> tim was a really, really good friend of mine. i was just devastated by his death. it was kind of a mystery what happened that day. on a sort of higher level, he's gone. and i wanted to make a film that would allow other people, whoever knew him, to be inspired by him. >> reporter: inspirational, he was. capturing images of conflict first in liberia's civil war and all across the globe. for him, it was not so much what it looked like, it's how about the people feel about each other. >> you often see scenes of disaster and it's almost like we forget that the people imaged are individuals. with individual stories and live

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sebastian junger is here on "morning joe." back in a moment.p and makes things better. in that spirit, verizon is proud to announce the powerful answers award. 10 million dollars in prizes for the best ideas. ideas so big, they have the power to change everything. whether it's our inspiration, or yours, the world's biggest challenges deserve even bigger solutions. the powerful answers award from verizon. >>> i was completely surprised by the amount of fighting going on. they were in a lot of combat. they had to raise their heads up to what was going on in afghanistan. during the time what was interesting is i got tired of it. there was ark drdrenaline havin do with combat. that's what it's about. >> that was a clip from which way is the frontline from here. the life and time of tim. the director of the film and best selling author, sebastian junger. >> it's tough when we as people look at clips like that. how tough was it for you the first time you started pouring in and looking at these images and trying to make sense? >> it was very hard. vid

here's my time with sebastian junger. >> well, at first, we were on an assignment for "vanity fair,"owed up, and they were like, "oh, it's guys?" like, they were not happy to see us. ♪ >> carson: it's nice to meet you. i wish it was under better circumstances. >> well, thank you. >> carson: you've got to promote a film on the loss of a co-worker and close friend. what's it been like just even promoting this thing? >> you know, it's a funny thing. you get excited about your work as a journalist. you always get excited about your work. then, at some point, you realize, "oh, my god, my work involves people dying." and that's true in war zones, and now it's true in a very personal way for my friend tim hetherington. so, the way i think of it is that he affected me tremendously as a person. i really learned from him. and i'm hoping the film i made about him and his death in

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