Brent E. Huffman
@Brent_Huffman
#Documentary Filmmaker/#Professor @MedillSchool @NorthwesternU Director of Documentary #Journalism @Medill_Doc Director @SavingMesAynak New film about #Yemen
THRILLED that "Hey Hugo" is an official selection of the prestigious @MiddFilmFest in #Vermont. Big congrats to Annie Xia and Ysa Quiballo. This documentary was made in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class at #Sheridan #Prison. mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hugo…
“I'm breaking, just like Gaza is breaking now.” Our reporters in Gaza are struggling to find food because of Israel's blockade on vital aid. Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud shows us what life in Gaza is like when he steps away from the camera ⤵️
Trump: ‘We Could Argue All Day About Who Is Or Isn’t A Child Rapist’
...it is highly distressing that public media would pause the production of such vital programming that serves the core of this mission. I stand in solidarity with American Experience’s dedicated staff and call on public media leadership to prioritize this essential series...
I was shocked and saddened to learn earlier this week that GBH, a pioneering producer of public media in the U.S., has paused American Experience, the longest-running and most-watched historical documentary series on American television, and laid off its staff and leadership.
Breaking News: President Trump was told by Pam Bondi this spring that his name appeared in the Epstein files, said people who know of the exchange. nyti.ms/3TRcN9v
6000 @UNRWA trucks waiting at the border to feed those hungry babies, those hungry mamas and babas, those hungry kittens on the street. 6000 trucks could feed them for three months. But your tax dollars won’t let that happen.
Must read update on #MesAynak #SAVEMesAynak
Afghanistan: Taliban Ban Images of ‘Living Things’ & Promise to Preserve Ancient Buddhist Site By Digging Copper Mine Under It culturalpropertynews.org/afghanistan-ta… via @CCPArtCulture
Important update about the situation at #MesAynak #Afghanistan. Thank you @BWBailey85 for the conversation.
The Taliban say they do not want to destroy the more than 5,000-year-old Buddhist city of Mes Aynak while Chinese companies mine the nearby area for copper. But as @Brent_Huffman explains, their trustworthiness is suspect. Find Ep. 70 of The Afghanistan Project Podcast here…
Mes Aynak: A Story of Courage and a Priceless World Treasure in #Afghanistan popular-archaeology.com/article/mes-ay…
A total of 60 ancient artifacts unearthed from the archaeological site of the Mes Aynak copper mine have been officially handed over to the Directorate of Information and Culture’s Museum Department in Logar province. heartofasia.af/mes-aynak-disc…
🚨Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture has transferred 60 historical artifacts—pottery, metal items, and precious stone objects—discovered at Mes Aynak copper mine to the local Logar museum. #Afghanistan #Heritage #MesAynak #Logar #TamadonNews
The golden sunlight in this autochrome is absolutely spectacular! I have cleaned up this remarkable photograph of three ladies of Lyon, picking fruit during the Golden Hour, 115 years ago. It was taken by Professor Fernand Arloing in 1910. It is original colour, not colourised.
Children and women in Gaza took to the streets to demand an end to the Israeli genocide and starvation war, urging the world to take immediate action.
All I see and hear from Gaza are stories of people starving and begging for help, but world leaders are “silent” and there is no media coverage. Palestinians are so dehumanized that their mass starvation isn’t even considered newsworthy.
Andry Hernández Romero, the innocent make-up artist imprisoned without trial for 4 months in El Salvador by the Trump admin, is FREE. He was wrongfully accused of being a gang member because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, and illegally sent to El Salvador without due process.
We have been in touch with Andry Hernández Romero’s legal team and they have confirmed he is out of CECOT and back in Venezuela. We are grateful he is alive and are engaged with both the State Department and his team.
Joel DeMott, best known for her films Seventeen (1983), which she co-directed with Jeff Kreines, and Demon Lover Diary (1980), died on June 13. Alongside Kreines, DeMott created a model of intimate cinema vérité filmmaking that has inspired countless filmmakers.…
Tomorrow is the regular deadline for the 2025 #IDADocAwards Call for Entries. To take advantage of lower entry fees, share your work for consideration by July 15 at 11:59 PM PT. IDA members get discounts on entry fees! Enter your work now at documentary.org/awards/enter Final…
What 60,000+ people looks like - it’s mind blowing... now consider the number killed in Gaza. #Peace #Gaza #Perspective