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Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo documentary short, recorded November 2025, 29 mins.


Documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud was the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, and producer Juan Arredondo 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, this HBO film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world's most dangerous conflicts.