Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)

Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

• Brent Renaud as Self
• Craig Renaud as Self
• Jon Alpert as Self
• Juan Arredondo as Self
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Self (archival footage)
• Anderson Cooper as Self (archival footage)

Similar Movies

• Turn in the Wound
• War Photographer
• Christmas Joy to Ukraine
• Shadow of War
• Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
• Slava Ukraini
• Life to the Limit
• Después de Ucrania: Relatos de una Cobertura
• The Zero Line: Inside Russia's War
• We Will Not Fade Away
• Crossfire
• Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World