Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud 2025
Directed by Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud · 39 mins · 1,957 views
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It feels harsh to say that a tribute to someone’s own brother is unfocused and muddled, but…here we are.
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This story makes an anthology of the life of Brent Renaud, traveling through the different documentaries that he made in his lifetime and the influence he had on the people of the films, mixing the old film footage with the present day testimonies. It really affects you when you think that all these pictures were of Renaud. The journalistic and filmmaking duties that he voluntarily took on in such horrific situations are genuinely one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen. And you sense the echo of his influence in the last few minutes, it speaks of something far greater than just doing a job like this for the mere sake of the work. It shows that he was just one of many bridges that were cruelly and unjustly taken away in the name of war. A respectful choice of words to remember his memory.
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it’s very remarkable and brave everything brent did, and the way he died was so unfair; he was just showing the reality of some countries, a reality that few accept
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The fact that his own brother knows how important it is to keep the camera rolling while he’s grieving. Brutally moving.
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did he travel to all these places, interview these grieving mothers, film children with amputations, all for the footage to eventually glorify him? the inclusion of his footage, gathered from iraq, somalia, haiti, afghanistan, serves not to tell the stories of victims, but to show that they were the types of stories he recorded. yet, this surface level inclusion—highlight reel—minimizes their stories to “dangerous wars brent endured”. that footage was not about him, and he didn’t seem like someone who documented for himself. unfortunately self-serving to someone who i like to believe wouldn’t produce this himself
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MMarianna Neal 🇺🇦 8 月 26, 2026
Conflicted about this one. On one hand, I get that the point is to show Brent Renaud’s compassion and commitment to highlighting human stories… But I don’t know if a highlight reel of suffering was the best or the most ethical way to go about this? A tragedy and a big loss for journalism nonetheless.
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HHadesWrath 8 月 26, 2026
it’s crazy that showing the truth has become one of the most dangerous jobs in the past couple of years
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I didn’t expect to see some of the stuff that I saw in this documentary, but as Craig said, it’s what Brent would have wanted. Photojournalism is such an insane job, was really interesting to get a glimpse of his day to day. I can definitely see this one getting the nomination. Oscars 2026 Ranked
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I feel terrible being critical of this documentary, because its subject—Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed covering the ongoing Russo–Ukrainian War—deserves reverence and an appropriate tribute. That being said, the use of Renaud’s footage from past crises in Haiti, Somalia, Iraq, and Central America, like a horrific “highlight reel” of his life’s work, was a misfire, for me. Renaud’s work in those parts of the world was important, yes. But something felt icky about using footage of people suffering, across the Global South, for a film that primarily eulogizes an American reporter rather than contextualizing and focusing on the various conflicts he was filming. Like, I have serious ethical qualms about any film that makes a literal spectacle of…
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This short film is available on HBO Max. I always find it hard to evaluate and rate documentaries that deal with important subjects or people who deserve to be honored and revered. This is one such documentary. I give Brent Renaud, the person, 5 stars for his bravery, persistence, and fierce drive to tell the truth through his photo journalist work in war zones, both domestic and abroad. The importance of his work can not be overstated. However, I found this documentary to be wandering and unfocused. At times it was like a highlight reel jumping from location to location, showing the dangers and dedication of Brent and his brother Craig. At times it was a memorial with those who…
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[2026 Oscar-nominated documentary short film] I’m not familiar with Brent Renaud’s works and obviously I don’t know him personally as a person but any journalist who died in a line of duty will always have my utmost respect for their bravery, especially with Renaud’s meticulous work in covering the Russian invasion in Ukraine. With that being said, there is a line between authenticity and exploitation, and this doc unfortunately slipped down into the latter. The unwavering camera pan to his corpse, from still warm off being shot to him lying down in his casket, it almost feel like we’re vultures gawking at him. It’s almost inhumane to film someone like that and saying “He would’ve wanted this” isn’t really a…
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I worked as a freelance journalist for a little while right after college until humbly admitting to myself that I wasn’t cut out for my own dream job. But god damn do I respect those who are. Still – I’m not sure how successful this documentary short is at demonstrating either why this work is so meaningful or who Renaud was as a person.
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its hard to rate this, but I dont think it did justice to the people involved
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Ccatharineanne 8 月 11, 2026
Felt like tragedy porn and not really what Brent was about? Idk
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Ffigsprout • ᴊᴏᴇʏ 8 月 11, 2026
“Why are you doing this?” “I just… I know this is what Brent would be doing. Brent always felt it was important not to hide from the reality of what violence and war does to people.” Also, [time stamp] 24:00
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L@s periodistas nos cuidan más que el gobierno
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Jjmccarty123 8 月 4, 2026
disturbing
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GGuilherme Martim 8 月 4, 2026
The way you hold that camera… it is not just you’re just holding it. You’re doing it from your heart.
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Parece que Armado con una sola cámara va a ser una de esos “documentales” que se te quedan clavados. Qué mal cuerpo me dejó. Me parece increíblemente valiente exponer una situación tan dura de una forma tan directa. EL POBRE NO ES POBRE PQ QUIERE. La frase “Sois unos monstruos, mi princesa no os hizo nada” me rompió por dentro. Creo que fue el momento que más me llegó al corazón. Es imposible no sentir una mezcla de rabia, tristeza e impotancia al escuchar algo así. Pobre niña.
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A profound look at the life of a journalist who dedicated his life to the truth. Truly humbling- his brother should be extremely proud of the way he was able to conceive this film in honor of Brent. He is absolutely correct when he says this is what Brent would have wanted- to show the harsh, heavy truths. May he rest in the peace he was never surrounded by here on Earth.
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É sempre importante mostrar o impacto das guerras.
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jornalismo é uma profissão que merece ser mais reconhecida e respeitada
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Ssabelapaz 7 月 28, 2026
some people carry weapons. brent renaud carried a camera. journalism isn’t dangerous because people ask questions—it’s dangerous because sometimes they find the answers. the courage it takes to document war will always be beyond my comprehension. his camera became the closest thing to a witness history could ask for. proof that telling the truth can be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. rest in peace, brent renaud. thank you for making sure the world couldn’t look away
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When we look back on this period of time in the next few decades, a lot of people will be finding out for the first time what’s been happening to journalists across these warzones and various places for the very first time. That has always felt wrong
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JJuana Bonicelli 7 月 27, 2026
Hmmm No sé qué pensar Prefiero no puntuar
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Men this was so hard to watch… it’s incredible how one man’s life could be surrounded by violence and war… such a sad story.
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Mto patriótico 😶
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A fucking hero. Openly weeped for the entire runtime. Brent truly had a gift.
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Jjusticelopez 7 月 18, 2026
It’s nice that his brother made this in his honor but it really was just a highlight reel
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Amazing documentary. Short but very powerful! It really made me tear up.
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Unbelievable documentary that will absolutely wake you up and choke you up. RIP Brent Renaud and all journalists killed in the line of duty.
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We rely on our media personnel, who often put their lives are risk, to bring us the images and commentary we depend on for a compassionate glimpse of suffering in the world. This very human story introduces us to one who paid the highest price. Brent just always thought it was important not to hide from the reality of what war and violence does to people.
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While acknowledging the value of his work and the tragedy of his death, I felt this documentary was a disservice to both. While being moving at times, it lacked any real substance. The way snippets of his work were used here devalued them. I would much rather have watched lengthier documentaries compiling the work he did in each location, and let that work speak as a testimony to his life and career. They were obviously of great worth, as I…
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Bbordois 7 月 12, 2026
The brevity of this documentary crossed with the scope it tries to cover visually, ends up leading to something that feels like a clip show of black and brown people suffering to celebrate a white documentarian. For someone who they say was always humanizing the victims of war to a western audience, this kind of does the opposite and replaces the context of these peoples’ war-ravaged lives with the context of a eulogy for the person filming.
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“Amerika için yaptı” ya kadar her şey çok üzücüydü…
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Conmovedora y realista historia de Brent Renaud, un héroe que entendió muy bien que usar cámaras es un gran poder, una gran responsabilidad.
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Ano fraco para docs
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Hmmm. I wasn’t sure about this film. On the face of it, it provides us with a poignant critique of the dangers faced, time immemorial, by wartime journalists. Since the Crimean War, if not before, people have donned armbands or carried accreditation that is all the armour they have when they enter zones that any sane person would avoid like the plague. For just as long, they have been perishing at the hands of bullets and bombs. The fact that…
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I’m torn here. This felt really exploitative, like I got the sense that this is not how Renaud would’ve edited a eulogy to himself. At least, I hope not. So much suffering, I wept throughout.
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Violence is never and should never be an option.
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Wow, He died mid documentary. It then turned into a review of his life and travels with some interspaced comments from his brother. Very moving.
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Eellamc18 6 月 29, 2026
Putting all this suffering and violence into 1 documentary is a powerful reminder of all the pain that millions of people are enduring every minute of everyday
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this is an odd way of using a deceased man’s footage of brutal war and decimation. feels exploitative
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the whole highlight reel aspect everyone is getting at with this is definitely my main issue, maybe if it was longer and went into detail of the actual conflicts or was more chronological it would have been received much better. its tough to not give a good review considering the life this man lived but they could have done so much better by him than this.
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Brent Renaud’s story absolutely deserved to be told, a brave journalist killed by cowardly Russian soldiers for showing the world their atrocities towards the Ukrainian people. This short shows the importance of his work, capturing the brutal reality of war, and specifically how it affects ordinary people. The footage from the Somalian hospital, where the injured man expresses pride that Renaud’s footage of him can change the world, is truly powerful. As a documentary however, Armed Only with a Camera is…
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Journalist Brent Renaud was killed filming atrocities in Ukraine and the importance of work of journalists like him cannot be overstated. However, the brevity of this just makes for a disaster highlights reel, rather than a substantive look at his work.
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sad, good, started slow, mixed emotions, documentary
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CChris Oxley 6 月 22, 2026
Watch this with STEAL THIS MOVIE, PLEASE (Amy Goodman and Democracy Now were thanked un the credits) and COVER-UP.
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« À la mémoire de Brent Renaud et de tous les journalistes qui ont perdu la vie pour trouver la vérité et la paix »❤️🩹
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I am so glad I watched this. Some people are really really really good people.
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HHarry 6 月 15, 2026
Completely devastating. A lot of users on here have said this feels like more of a highlight reel, and unfortunately I mostly agree. They could/should have gone about this a different way, but regardless it still showcases how many journalists are senselessly killed. Rest in peace, Brent Renaud.
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Wow jaw dropped
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lo que pudo haber Sido un homenaje a su trabajo en el periodismo se convirtió en una porno de este en cuanto a la mitad sacaron su basura patriótica estadounidense.
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Brent foi testemunha ocular da nossa danação irrefreável, foi sem dúvidas um sujeito de coragem e de propósitos.
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RIP, pero se sienten como archivos individuales o un reel de memorias. Estuvo buena la frase del hombre en cama que le felicita y le resalta de llevar la cámara con determinación.
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RIP Brent Renaud
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Short, raw, to the point.
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RIP Brent.
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AI wants to take creative’s jobs but no AI would ever be able to do this
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Interesting to learn about but very graphic, confused about ghost film consent now too
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Ppepperoncini 6 月 8, 2026
Awesome guy and great to see representation of autism but a pretty underwhelming documentary. Nice to learn about Brent though, since I had never heard of him before, so it’s good in that sense I suppose. Oscar nominated shorts ranked
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nao achei que fosse me emocionar tanto mas serio deveria vir c um aviso de tw pq as imagens sao mto explicitas
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Curse the Russians, not the Russian people, Curse their governament. Armado com uma Câmera – Vida e Morte de Brent Renaud é um documentário curto, mas muito emocionante. O que mais me marcou foi a forma como o irmão dele fala sobre sua vida e seu trabalho. Uma das cenas mais impactantes é quando ele aparece ao lado do caixão de Brent, mostrando onde ele foi atingido com uma câmera e dizendo que aquilo era algo que ele faria, já…
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8/10
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This movie was beautiful and hard to watch at certain points. He was the first American report to be killed in the war in Ukraine. May he rest in peace.
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I feel guilty rating this as low as I am because on one hand it is a beautiful tribute to journalism and to Brent Renaud. But on the other hand wish it wasn’t just a “highlight reel” of some of his most jarring pieces because, out of context, these pieces lose much of their purpose and instead just serve as a borderline exploitative glimpse at suffering.
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Brent Renaud was the first AMERICAN journalist killed covering the Ukraine Russian conflict, not the first journalist. Eight years earlier an Italian photojournalist- Andrea Rocchelli and his interpreter Andrei Mironov were killed by mortar fire in war in Donbas. ANY journalist death is a death too many. (I would say that – i’m a journalist and member of the International Federation of Journalists) Which is why I feel bad bagging this “documentary”. Except it’s not. It’s part tribute to a…
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Yeah, some heavy stuff
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This guy did more in his short time in this world than some of us do our whole lives. Brent Renaud died while covering the Russian Ukraine war. He was the first American journalist killed while covering the combat. I think it’s tragic and some people still refuse to except that this war even exists. The damage and devastation of the areas covered are insane and would probably be shocking enough without having to see the lead subject’s dead body…
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While I appreciate Brent’s life and dedication to his work I also agree with other reviewers. The highlight reel of his projects felt strange when tangled together with the eulogy elements
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Really moving – what is the value of a life
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So this documentary short is about a journalist life and death. So the man of subject in this documentary is a journalist who told hard stories and hardships and even wars around the world. He went into very dangerous places with real consequences. This documentary may be hard for some of you to watch, because it shows death up close and personal. It’s very graphic at times. It does tells his life story really well,especially considering it’s a short film…
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Um homem corajoso que não se acovarda. Fez muito pela humanidade. Documentário um pouco chato, pra falar a verdade, só foi indicado por ser um doc anti-russia.
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Increíble documental que muestra la realidad que los periodistas viven en la zona de guerra,gracias Brent
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Un documental bastante crudo, sobre todo porque hay que ser muy fuerte mentalmente para grabar a tu hermano en el ataúd.
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IICastellano 5 月 24, 2026
Fkin tiempos de guerra. Hacen que los documentales sean todos iguales
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hard watch brutal stuff. respect the work this is chronicling but wish it was making a more explicit point given the gravity of the footage
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I think with the (often well deserved) criticism we see of the news and press, we forget about true journalists who go out and risk their lives to tell people’s stories. This was such an interesting and moving documentary.
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This one will stick with me.
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achei muito bonita a iniciativa, a homenagem, mas me pareceu que começaram a divagar no propósito
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was in a terrible mood at school so watching this for ap lang made me cry but this was amaze and so sad
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“The way you hold that camera, the way you hold that camera, it is not just you’re just holding it. You’re doing it from your heart.”
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כוכב אחד ורק בגלל הפער בין הפוטנציאל של הסרט למה שיצא ממנו. מה שכן- עוד סרט שמוכיח שהרגש הכי חזק בעולם זה רגש שנובע מאובדן.אם לעשות סרט אז רק על אובדן
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Crazy
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Toca los temas importantes sin llegar a incomodar lo que me parece un buen detalle de respeto. Más allá creo que Brent Renaud dejó un legado con su trabajo y un punto de referencia para cineastas y periodistas.
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A respectable elegy on documented human suffering which never rises into anything more than a brother’s attempt to cope. Brent Renaud’s coverage ripped away from any kind of commentary somewhat misses the point beyond the obvious anti-war messaging.
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La mayoría del razonamiento de la calificación es por el tema, y aún ahí hay cositas que se sienten raras, pero que son pertinentes tomándolas como lo urgente que es producir materiales que también retén la narrativa de las grandes cadenas y emisores de información. Me quedaré con tener una prueba audiovisual más de lo pendejos que somos al generar nuestros propios conflictos y en lo necesarios que son estos periodistas que arriesgan todo por seguir contando de primera mano lo que está sucediendo en la vida de las personas
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Brent Renaud certainly deserves his flowers and to be remembered for his work in giving a voice to those living through conflicts around the world, but the way footage is used in this movie feels somewhat exploitative and detracts from the focus of Renaud.
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NNicoM10 5 月 12, 2026
Fuerte. Hay un momento donde el hermano de quien es asesinado filma al cadáver. Ya que cree que es lo que el habría querido. Me sacudió todo el piso. Mostrar la verdad y realidad del mundo se ha ido volviendo cada vez más peligroso con el transcurrir del tiempo. Ésto es la viva muestra de eso.
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KKim 5 月 10, 2026
Kinda just hits like a brick, not in the emotional sense, more in the sense that it’s like a highlight reel of 20 years of tragedies. Feels a tad disingenuous
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Fuck you Putin.
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SSteven Humphrey 5 月 7, 2026
Quite a juxtaposition of seeing people from Afghanistan saying how the U.S. killed there family to seeing a big American flag in a church and the Father saying “he did it for America”
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I’m about to do an extra credit assignment in my documentary production class where I have to watch a short documentary and then write a 3-5 page analysis of it (the only reason I’m doing this assignment is because my grade is a bit low; documentary production is apparently a LOT harder for me than narrative production), and this was the one I ended up choosing. I went in expecting this to be an easy 10/10, something along the lines…
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“Brent did more good for humanity in his 50 years on this Earth than most of us could hope to achieve in 50 lifetimes.”
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Puts, essas filmagens são brutais, é o jornalismo na sua forma mais crua, Brent colocava a própria vida em risco pra mostrar ao mundo a realidade por trás de tantas tragédias, e por isso a sua morte tem um peso ainda maior. Conforme o documentário avança, bate uma tristeza enorme vendo como a violência e a indiferença parecem ter virado algo normal no mundo hoje, e posso dizer que já não tem mais um caminho de volta, a humanidade daqui…
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powerful.
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Respekt
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EEmpressEuphonic 5 月 6, 2026
Moral witnessing pursued magnificently through cameras, danger, and devastating professional conviction. The Renauds understand journalism not simply as documentation, but as proximity: individuals quietly choosing to stand near suffering long enough to render distant crises emotionally legible for strangers elsewhere. The camera functions less as professional equipment than as a metaphor for moral attention itself, where witnessing becomes an act of resistance against indifference. Brent feels deeply moving because the film understands how profoundly certain people believe stories matter sufficiently…
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This really is great and a powerful story but by extending it and providing context to his work, I think it would have served his purpose even better. What an awesome tribute though
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Achei foda que tentaram mostrar bem mais a visão de Brant sobre o mundo, do que a percepção dos outros sobre ele
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RIP #2026OscarWatch
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2026 Oscar Nominee | Best Documentary Short Film Civilians are not a target, Hospital and medics are not a target, and Journalist are not a target. It’s a war crime to let all of those people died, and most of y’all are still silent with this. “You are very honest and very faithful and very… The way you hold that camera, the way you hold that camera, it is not just you are holding it. You’re doing it from your…
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A difficult watch that shed light on the atrocities of war but at times felt more like a highlight reel of dead bodies and suffering rather than a testament to his work
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what a world
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We live in an age of bullies & cowards. This hero is a good reminder of the cost of letting them rule, and of the courage available to us all, beginning with bearing witness, not turning away.
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meio bunda
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An unflinching look at the cost of war
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“According to the UN and recent reports, journalism is considered one of the most dangerous professions globally, with a journalist killed every four days on average”. Protect our journalists.
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I don’t want to give this a bad review because of how impressive and brave Brent Renaud was but honestly it was not the way I feel like his life deserved to be honored. Also not really sure why this was an Oscar nominee this past year (sorry if that’s controversial). But this is what true journalism looks like and for that, respect.
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Highlighting the various wars and atrocities that he filmed rather than focus on him gave me the best impression and idea of who this man was.
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Moving documentary about Brent’s life and his tragic death. It is just unbelievable how much tragedy he saw and reported on.
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A lot of these clips don’t belong here, but this was certainly a powerful tribute. If it was focused more on Ukraine, I would’ve been a bigger fan, but the story here still had me emotional and moved. Top 50 Documentaries
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The film did a good job of showing who Brent was. It showed many different real life situations that he was trying to document and fix. I think the film did a good job of using both footage from Brent himself and from others too. It was very graphic but this is probably to show how violent and tragic war and the places he went was. It was nominated for documentary short film. I think this is a worthy nomination and depicts the harsh realities in many parts of the world.
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O documentário praticamente cumpre a função de apresentar os feitos da vida de Brend, mas falha brutalmente na questão de atar quem assiste ao caso. Seus muitos pontos da vida e pessoas a quem gravou no seu cargo de jornalismo faz dar a sensação de aprofundamento do falecido, mas te algo que faz o curta não ter vida. Não culpo totalmente os produtores, não acho que tenha muita coisa concreta para acrescentar na imagem do caráter dele, porque, mesmo ajudando…
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This film made me want to be a better person. Rest in peace Brent Renaud.
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Oscar catch up at the Crystal Theatre My brother would do this for me too I figure
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Capto el mensaje, pero no me llega como debería. Me pasa aquí algo parecido a lo que sentí viendo ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’. Son obras que me generan una empatía y tristeza que no llegan a afectarme emocionalmente hasta hacerme llorar. No es precisamente negativo. No hay una dramatización artificial ni conversión del sufrimiento en espectáculo; es la muestra de una realidad dura, fría y humana. El enfoque, más que en la guerra como concepto general, está dirigida a la…
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What a strong short, not only an emotional focus of Brent’s life and death but all those affected personally by gangs, army attacks, and terrorism. It really got me
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Journalism is vital. Brent Renaud was a true hero & deserves a full tribute. But this felt very mashed up & glossed over.
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Picking up a camera and filming can change and save lives. The bravery that this takes goes heavily understated… thank you to Brent Renaud and the people who choose to be brave like him.
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Ironic documentary in that its subject probably would have hated it. And for good reason, too. In some ways, this feels explorative towards those Renaud filmed throughout his life, a choice he himself never would have wanted. He didn’t film those things for them to be used to glorify him, but to show the injustices of the world over. But to stand up for the people caught in the middle of conflict — the victims of imperialism and genocide rather…
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Incredibly moving and frankly could have been turned into a feature length especially if they had expanded the scope a bit to include other journalists murdered. The documentation of these events and the stories of the people experiencing them is so important.
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Equally tragic and voyeuristic. Left with a lot of thoughts about one’s impact and how we cope with loss amongst the horrors of the world and the horrors of our personal lives. Aside from this, typical war/bio doc.
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Brent did a lot of good by documenting the wars and struggling countries, but it makes me a bit uncomfortable of what was documented at times… overall, the doc felt sporadic/not as cohesive as I thought it would be. RIP Brent, who did a lot of good in the world by connecting with people that people weren’t paying attention to.
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Extremely moving, harrowing, personal, and needs to be seen. A documentary involving war, but about the filmmaker himself. This is an incredibly personal picture of brotherhood and dedication. It is making me tear up just thinking back on it (adding to my list of movies that have made me cry). One particularly moving and powerful dimension is noted in the film itself by one of the people they are filming: the filmmakers hold the camera at chest level, not eye…
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Struck me deeper than anything has in a long time. The second the credits started I lept into my best friend and fellow filmmaker and hugged her tighter than I ever have before because I didn’t want this film to happen to us. I then walked down to the bathroom and gave myself a thousand mile stare in the mirror.
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Que triste realidade. Brent Renaud foi um jornalista e documentarista de guerra que tinha uma missão e amava o que fazia. Fazia parte dele. Uma vida dedicada como só um neurodivergente poderia ter. Fiquei meio chocado quando é mostrado o corpo dele no início, mas depois entendemos que essa era a visão que ele mesmo teria se estivesse filmando esse momento, então achei acima de tudo, respeitoso. Brent mostrava guerras como elas são, cruas e crueis, e acreditava que documenta-las…
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It’s hard to be critical of this because while I was not familiar with Brent Renaud, his contributions and work are definitely worth celebrating. His legacy is worth capturing brutally and honestly in the way he captured conflict and tragedy. But I can’t help but feel like this documentary makes a spectacle of the locations Brent has gone. Maybe it’s a consequence of this being the footage there is to work with but it really does feel “off” in ways I struggle to describe.
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2025 was the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers
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Aplaudo el intento de homenaje a un documentalista muerto mientras trabajaba, pero hay algo en él con lo que no acabo de comulgar.
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Reconheço a importância de homenagear um profissional do jornalismo que arriscou (e perdeu) a sua vida em prol da informação, com o objetivo de representar a realidade dos conflitos atuais e fazer com que as histórias que os governos tentam esconder cheguem ao resto do mundo… Mas me incomodou muito a quantidade de imagens fortes e “pesadas” que são utilizadas no documentário com um intuito de apenas chocar o público e servir como um elogio para o trabalho que Brent…
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I felt icky watching his footage of people suffering in other parts of the world to prove a point that he is a wartime journalist.
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La verdad es lo único que nos salva de todo este mundo lleno de odio y morir por ella debe ser el acto mas digno y también injusto del mundo.
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Image is incredibly powerful and easily mishandled. As a fan of documentary I am often wondering about the ethical lines of capturing an image under actual suffering. This documentary, which is strengthened through its heartfelt throughline of a memorial from a brother, makes me appreciate the work of on the grounds war photographers like Brent. If he and others like him were not there, there would be no one to capture and memorialize the moment. Even the threat of capture can be enough to save a life.
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On the one hand, I’m grateful for people on the ground bringing important stories from around the world, keeping the facts out there. On the other hand, this man died on the ground in a war that was being reported already, by people who didn’t have to go out of their way to insert themselves into the danger. The movie wants it to be obvious that the danger was worth it, that this guy died doing work that someone had…
- 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.
- Director
- Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud
- Studio
- HBO Documentary Films, Downtown Community Television Center, Renaud Brothers Films
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, Spanish, Ukrainian
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 39 mins
- USA09 Mar 2025
- USA21 Oct 2025
- US Virgin Islands21 Oct 2025
- Northern Mariana Islands22 Oct 2025
- USA21 Oct 2025
- US Virgin Islands21 Oct 2025
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