Armed Only with a Camera, the documentary chronicling the life of the late filmmaker Brent Renaud, premieres Tuesday on HBO. Renaud was the first Western journalist killed during the war in Ukraine. He was shot by Russian soldiers during the 2022 invasion while filming Ukrainian refugees with another photojournalist, Juan Arredondo, who was wounded in the attack. Armed Only with a Camera, directed by Renaud’s brother Craig, also a filmmaker, traces Brent Renaud’s long career covering conflict and post-conflict regions around the world. We speak to Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo about Brent’s work and memory. “He was a very compassionate person,” says Renaud, emphasizing that Brent’s focus on conflict zones “was never about just trying to get to the frontlines … He wanted to humanize the people that were there.”
