Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

Name: Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-03-09
Duration: 37 min
Cast: Brent Renaud

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3/9/2025

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37 mins

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Documentary

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On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers, the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts.

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English

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A tender and urgent portrait of a war journalist's final assignment, told through his brother's grief and the footage he left behind. The film honors both Brent's commitment to bearing witness and the impossible cost of that work.