Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
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2025 · Movie · 39m
The read
It runs a compact 39m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Brent RenaudDirector
- Craig RenaudDirector
Cast
- Brent RenaudSelf
- Craig RenaudSelf
- Jon AlpertSelf
- Juan ArredondoSelf
- Volodymyr ZelenskyySelf (archival footage)
- Anderson CooperSelf (archival footage)
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Themes
war photographerwar journalismrusso-ukrainian war