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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Chicago! Please join us tomorrow night! Don't miss this incredible doc! www.siskelfilmcenter.org/oldest-perso...

Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please join me on Friday November 6th @buffett.northwestern.edu when I talk about my work in #Yemen documenting courageous women working to save threatened cultural heritage during the war. I will show a clip from the work-in-progress documentary: events.humanitix.com/the-yemeni-w...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My documentary "Saving Mes Aynak" plays #Australia at the University of #Melbourne on August 4th at 7 PM. This will be the updated version. I will join for a Q and A after the screening. 4 August, 7:00 pm Arts West, University of Melbourne

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Wonderful to see #Yemen on the front page of The Art Newspaper! Thank you Melissa Grolund for writing about this glimmer of hope for the incredible cultural heritage of Yemen chronicled in my #documentary work-in-progress The Future is Written in Stone. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/y...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thank you to the incredible writer Melissa Gronlund at the Art Newspaper for featuring my work in #Yemen chronicling heroic Yemeni women saving heritage during the war in my work-in-progress #documentary “The Future is Written in Stone”. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/01/y...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Please join us for the premieres of four incredible short #documentaries at the @medillschool.bsky.social of Journalism on Thursday June 11th 6:30PM in the MFC Forum. This is a FREE event open to the public. Please come out and support these first time filmmakers!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

So incredibly HONORED to be part of the second Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) graduation on Monday. I was so very proud of my students who accepted their diplomas in front of their families, peers, and faculty. (I was in tears most of the time!)

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

BIG congrats to @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary alum Colleen Cassingham on her FOUR #Emmy nominations for her documentary Life After!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Don't miss the incredible lineup of @medillschool.bsky.social #documentaries premiering at the Academy Award-qualifying American Documentary Film Festival TODAY at 4:30pm in Palm Springs! Program 41: www.amdocfilmfest.com/2026-program...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Tragic news today! Documentary legend Frederick Wiseman, director of seminal direct cinema documentaries Titicut Follies, High School, and Domestic Violence, has passed away. He was 96. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Four @medillschool.bsky.social #documentaries from my classes will premiere at the Academy Award-qualifying American #Documentary Film Festival in March. So proud of these first-time filmmakers! You can watch in person in #PalmSprings March 25th-29th: amdocfilmfest.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thank you to Ama Vanniarachchy at Ceylon Today for the wonderful feature story about my work in #Yemen. This story is an update on my work documenting the work of Yemeni women to save the threatened #heritage of their country: ceylontoday.lk/2026/01/24/s...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

What an incredible night! Thank you to all who braved arctic temperatures to see award winning #documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice Program at the @medillschool.bsky.social and hear stories of #wrongfulconviction in Illinois.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Please join us for this very special event including an incredible panel and the screening of several award winning short documentaries from my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class @medillschool.bsky.social: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northw...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Jennifer Lackey, Director of the Northwestern #Prison Education Program, has put together an incredible group of panelists. Please join us on Jan. 23rd 6pm. FREE and open to the public.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Join us at the @medillschool.bsky.social School of #Journalism for this special event FRAMING INNOCENCE: STORYTELLING AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS. The event includes screenings of four award-winning documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class from Stateville/Sheridan #prisons.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Proud professor moment! Congrats to @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary alum Emily Orr (Producer) for winning Best Documentary Series at the @documentary.org Awards! The series was also nominated for Best Series by the @filmindependent.org #Spirit Awards.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

For your #Oscar consideration for Best Short #Documentary - "Far from Home" is now viewable on the @theacademyusa.bsky.social Awards portal. When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A big thank you to the extraordinarily talented @ankitakumar.bsky.social for speaking to my @medillschool.bsky.social class about her award-winning documentary "Far from Home". You can catch the film in #WashingtonDC next on 12/3 @pulitzercenter.org: pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#WashingtonDC friends - please join us for a very special screening of the award-winning documentary "Far from Home." (I'll be joining virtually!) Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person! FREE event - Please RSVP below. Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thank you Screen Magazine for the wonderful story about the Academy Award/Oscar qualification of "Far from Home" and the recent news about legendary thespian Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) joining the #documentary as executive producer: screenmag.com/afghan-refug...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Big congrats to my students Esther Lim and Jankhna Sura for winning Best Documentary at the #Chicago Mulit-Cultural Film Festival for their film "Jeffery, Come Home" created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class @medillschool.bsky.social

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

So proud of my students Ysa Quiballo and Annie Xia who premiered their @medillschool.bsky.social student documentary "Hey Hugo" at the #Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday. The documentary was made in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice course at Sheridan #Prison.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"! We are thrilled to have his support. You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Washington, DC friends- exciting news! @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice program will premiere at the prestigious Double Exposure #Investigative Film Festival on Oct. 31! Filmmaker in person. Please come out and support this incredible doc!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

THIS Thursday - #Iranian author of FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS newly long-listed for the National Book Award @medillschool.bsky.social @fatemehjamalpour.bsky.social

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary! Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Don't miss this very special event at Northwestern University - @medillschool.bsky.social Oct. 9th 5:30PM! #Iran

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The documentary, created in my Documenting Carceral Injustice course at Sheridan prison, won Best Documentary at Cineyouth - Chicago International FF.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

So proud of my students Annie Xia and Ysa Quiballo who premiered their award-winning Medill documentary "Hey Hugo" at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival in Vermont.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Award-winning @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary "Hey Hugo" plays Middlebury Film Festival Aug. 21st! Don't miss this #Vermont! mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hu...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan sounds the alarm that the ancient Buddhist city of Mes Aynak, Afghanistan will soon be destroyed. x.com/realZalmayMK... Learn about the fight to save this priceless world heritage by Afghan archaeologists in my film Saving Mes Aynak: www.savingmesaynak.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Don’t miss this very special event featuring a screening of @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary “If This is Justice” @macarthurjustice.bsky.social Panel moderated by Ben Austin

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

THRILLED that "Hey Hugo" is an official selection of the prestigious Middlebury New Filmmakers Film festival in #Vermont. The award-winning film plays 8/21. Big congrats to my @medillschool.bsky.social students Annie Xia and Ysa Quiballo. mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hu...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#CHICAGO - Don't miss this very special screening of @medillschool.bsky.social #Documentary Alum Colleen Cassingham's new award-winning #Sundance Film Festival doc! "LIFE AFTER is coming to #Chicago to the Siskel Film Center on July 27 3PM: lifeafterfilm.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

THRILLED that "Hey Hugo" is an official selection of the prestigious Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival in #Vermont. Big congrats to first-time filmmakers Annie Xia and Ysa Quiballo. mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hu...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to the very special screening and discussion of my film “Saving Mes Aynak”! It is my hope we can save this incredible heritage in #Afghanistan for future generations. www.savingmesaynak.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

#Bluesky PLEASE help me spread the word! Saturday July 12th #Chicago - join me in-person for a very special screening of my award-winning doc "Saving Mes Aynak" and discussion at the South Asian Institute. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/saving-mes...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

A wonderful night of @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary premieres! Thank you to all who came out to support this extraordinarily talented group of first-time documentary #filmmakers.

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Honored to be a Buffett Faculty Fellow for my #Yemen #documentary. Proud to be in such amazing company with other international projects. Thank you #Northwestern @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

.@medillschool.bsky.social alums and friends - please JOIN US on 6/12 - 6pm for a night of #documentaries from my students. Topics include sex work, life after 50 years of #incarceration, #Ukrainian students at Northwestern...

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Thank you to the always BRILLIANT Sam Rong for visiting my @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary class yesterday! Sam was the editor of the Tribeca Film Festival hit “New Wave” @newwavedocumentary among many others. And he was my student back in 2014. So proud! Thank you @therongsam!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Big thank you to the brilliant Jamin Mendelsohn, @medillschool.bsky.social alum and @netflix.com #documentary executive, for joining my doc class yesterday. Your industry advice was invaluable!

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Please SAVE the date! Final Medill #documentary screening Thursday June 12th 6pm - MFC Forum - @medillschool.bsky.social FREE and open to the public. Please join us! medilldocumentary.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

So proud of "Hey Hugo," a @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary made in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice course by students Ysa Quiballo and Annie Xia inside #Sheridan #prison. The program was made possible by @buffett.northwestern.edu

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My former student and @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary alum Alissa Zhu just won a #Pulitzer for local reporting! Congrats Alissa!!

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