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

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

7.2
IMDb
🕐 39 min 📅 2025-03-09 PG-13
🌐 EN

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

Year

2025

Category

Hollywood

Ratings & scores.

IMDb Rating

7.2 /10

Rotten Tomatoes

72% 🍅

Metacritic

72 /100

Cast & crew.

🎭

Brent Renaud

Self

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Craig Renaud

Self

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Jon Alpert

Self

🎭

Juan Arredondo

Self

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Self (archival footage)

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Anderson Cooper

Self (archival footage)

Available qualities.

1080p

1.5GB

720p

800MB

Where to watch.

Box office & stats.

Budget

N/A

Worldwide

N/A

Runtime

39 min

Release

2025-03-09