Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

An intimate film about documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed in Ukraine. Brent captur | dG1fYmNlZXJCNDA3TFk

Transcript

00:00We're joined by the Renault brothers, Arkansas filmmakers.

00:06Brent, let's go.

00:08Okay.

00:08Let's get out of here.

00:09When Brent told me that he wanted to be a documentary filmmaker,

00:13I followed my older brother to the most dangerous places in the world.

00:18They're locking in on us.

00:21We've just got some breaking news.

00:22Brent Renault, an American photojournalist, has been killed.

00:25Brent lost his life documenting the horrors of the battlefield in Ukraine.

00:30The work that he was doing, the bravery with which he did it.

00:39My name is Brent Renault. This is my brother, Craig.

00:42Besides my brother, I struggle to make friends.

00:45Autism tells you very little about a person.

00:47I can be calm as a Zen monk in a disaster zone.

00:50Soldiers over there.

00:51But the cocktail party in Brooklyn was absolutely terrifying.

00:54Brent was very intense and quiet.

01:01You put the cameras down?

01:02Yep.

01:03He filmed on the front line of conflicts.

01:07All around the world.

01:11But what he cared about the most were the people caught in the middle.

01:15Describe what you say.

01:16What is your name?

01:23My name is Brent.

01:24The way you hold that camera, what you're doing, it's from your heart.

01:46Did you tell us?

01:47I don't know.

01:48But I don't care.

01:55Oh my God.

01:55What is your name?

02:00No the meaning of the moon is on the moon.

02:02Help it anywhere from your place.

02:03You might try a little bit, but look.

02:04It never just....

02:04No the meaning of the moon, it doesn't know what the moon's over there.

02:07The moon...

02:08It's no'll long going in, even in.