Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later

Premieres Tuesday, September 25, exclusively on HBO.

Brent and Craig Renaud provide a candid look at the lives of contemporary Central High students in their new documentary, Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later. (more...)

Taking the Hill

(Discovery Times, December 2006)

In November 2006, more than 50 veterans of the U.S. armed forces from around the country will be vying for seats in Congress. Since WWII, there has not been this many veterans running for national office at the same time. TAKING THE HILL tells the story of a group of veterans, most with no prior political experience or aspirations, who have chosen political action as a means to further answer the call of service to their country.(more...)

Off to War
(Discovery Times, 2006)

The 10 part documentary series represents the first time in television history that a single unit of soldiers and their families have been followed from the beginning to the end of a deployment at war. (more...)

Dope Sick Love
Feature Documentary 1hr 20min,
(HBO, 2006)

Dope Sick Love is the story of two drug addicted young couples living on the streets of New York City. (more...)

Filmography

BRIDGE TO BAGHDAD – (Broadcast Worldlink TV, MTV, NHK 2003)

BRIDGE TO BAGHDAD . To film BRIDGE TO BAHGDAD, the Renaud brothers traveled with Jon Alpert to Iraq and followed the lives of Iraqi teenagers in Baghdad just prior to and during the initiation of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The documentary provided the American public with an unprecedented look inside of Iraqis’ homes during the rule of Saddam Hussein and during the first months of the war in Iraq.

AWARDS FOR BRIDGE TO BAGHDAD:
• WINNER: AEGIS Award 2004
• WINNER: AURORA Award 2004
• WINNER: TELLY Award 2004
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2004
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Amnesty International Film Festival 2004

Credits
Jon Alpert Producer/Camera
Brent Renaud Producer/Camera/Editor
Craig Renaud Prodcuer/Camera/Editor
Matt O’Neil Producer
http://www.dctvny.org/productions/bridge_to_baghdad.html


COCA AND THE CONGRESSMAN – (PBS, 2003)

COCA AND THE CONGRESSMAN aired nationally on PBS’ prestigious documentary series Wide Angle in the summer of 2003. Filmed in Bolivia, the documentary told the story of the fight between the Bolivian government and indigenous coca farmers for control over the country’s coca plants. Back by the United States, the Bolivian government was seeking to eradicate the cultivation of coca in Bolivia, which they claimed was mainly used for the illegal production of cocaine. Lead by the controversial indigenous leader Evo Morales (now president of Bolivia), the indigenous coca farmers were fighting to save what they considered their way of life for hundreds of years.

AWARDS FOR COCA AND THE CONGRESSMAN:
• WINNER: CINE Golden Eagle Award 2003
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Montreal First People's Film Festival in Canada

Credits
Jon Alpert Producer/Camera
Brent Renaud Producer/Camera/Editor
Craig Renaud Prodcuer/Camera/Editor
Matt O’Neil Producer

AFGHANISTAN: FROM GROUND ZERO TO GROUND ZERO – (PBS / CBS, NHK 2002)

FROM GROUND ZERO TO GROUND ZERO was filmed in Afghanistan during the American invasion of Afghanistan in January of 2002 and aired nationally on The Bill Moyers Show on PBS and on The Early Show on CBS. The documentary followed Masuda Multan, an Afghan-American woman who traveled back to Afghanistan during the war to find her family. To the horror of Masuda, it turned out that 18 members of her family had been killed during an American raid on their village.

AWARDS FOR FROM GROUND ZERO TO GROUND ZERO:
• WINNER: Best Documentary, Big Muddy Film Festival 2002
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: INPUT Rotterdam 2002
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Denver International Film Festival 2002
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Brooklyn International Film Festival 2002

Credits
Jon Alpert Producer/Camera
Brent Renaud Producer/Camera/Editor
Tami Alpert Producer


CHINA: TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT – (PBS, 2002)

CHINA: THE HAVE AND HAVE NOTS was filmed throughout China in the summer of 2002 and aired nationally on PBS’ prestigious documentary series Wide Angle. The film tells the story of China’s widening gap between rich and poor following their inclusion into the World Trade Organization. As more and more college educated Chinese are able to move into the middle and upper class of Chinese society, millions of poor farmers and factory workers of the Communist era are being left behind in the new capitalistic China.

AWARDS FOR CHINA: TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT
• WINNER: CINE Golden Eagle Award
• WINNER: AEGIS Award

Credits
Jon Alpert Producer/Camera
Brent Renaud Producer/Camera/Editor
Craig Renaud Prodcuer/Camera/Editor
Matt O’Neil Producer


THE SEASON (ESPN, 2001)

THE SEASON is a critically acclaimed television series on ESPN that was originally produced by the Renaud brothers
in 2001. THE SEASON followed the top college football teams in the country for one week as they prepared for their biggest games of the season. The Renaud brothers filmed with the Miami Hurricanes, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and Army versus Navy. The emotional and dramatic rivalry between Army and Navy’s football teams included locker room speeches to the teams by both President George Bush and Senator John McCain shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.