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Brent E. Huffman
@brenthuffman.bsky.social
#Documentary Filmmaker/Professor
Director of Documentary #Journalism at #Northwestern
Director of "Saving Mes Aynak"
New documentary about #Yemen
Passionate about #humanrights, #socialjustice #heritage
#Afghanistan #China

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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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#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
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Far from Home is the story of Samira Faizi, an Afghan refugee who fled to India in 2021 and is now grappling with a limbo situation. It's an important story about refugee rights and migration, which is why I urge you to watch the film. Hope to see you there!
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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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...
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.

"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Are you in LA this weekend? Then come watch my film, Far from Home - a documentary on Afghan refugees in India! Far from Home is produced by @brenthuffman.bsky.social and Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is its Executive Producer. RSVP for either screening below by scanning the QR code:
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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After Charlie Kirk’s death, Donald Trump condemned “political violence.” So what—exactly—is calling for the murder of members of Congress who don’t share his politics?
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The administration that uncancelled swastikas yesterday wants us to believe that it is blackmailing universities because it is so sincerely against antisemitism?
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Israeli forces besiege West Bank hospital, raid shops and seize camera footage
<article data-history-node-id="431700" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-besiege-west-bank-hospital-raid-shops-and-seize-camera" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-besiege-west-bank-hospital-raid-shops-and-seize-camera" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces besiege West Bank hospital, raid shops and seize camera footage</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Thursday continued the siege of the&nbsp;National Hospital in Nablus city in the&nbsp;northern occupied West Bank, as the military prevented vehicles from&nbsp;passing through Faisal Street, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that the occupation forces also carried out raids on a number of shops and confiscated surveillance camera recordings</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#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
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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TEN MONTHS IN:

The national debt is higher.

The trade deficit is wider.

The inflation rate has worsened.

The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Congrats to Ysa Quiballo (BSJ25) and Annie Xia (BSJ25) who recently premiered their student documentary "Hey Hugo" at the Chicago International Film Festival.🎬 The documentary was made in @brenthuffman.bsky.social's Documenting Carceral Injustice course and won Best Documentary at CineYouth.
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Congrats to @brenthuffman.bsky.social who was awarded with a @buffett.northwestern.edu Faculty Fellowship to pursue his research. His documentary, “Yemen Mosaic,” is about Yemeni women working to save the cultural heritage of Yemen as they face threats including war and climate change.
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Donald Trump spent months trying to tell Americans his tariffs weren't raising costs and that rising prices aren’t a problem.

Now, his plan to bring down costs is to roll back just a few of the tariffs that he imposed in the first place.

It’s time to repeal ALL of Trump’s reckless tariffs.
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August
The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM