Jon Alpert
3 titles
Filmography
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Cuba and the Cameraman
(2017)The lives of three families chart the course of 45 years of Cuban history, from the cautiously optimistic early 1970s, through to the harrowing effects of the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, and Fidel Castro's 2016 death.

One Year in a Life of Crime
(1989)Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction.

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
(2025)On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers while reporting on the war in Ukraine. Later, his younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent's body and his final recordings and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent's journey to his final resting place unfolds, the award-winning short film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world's most dangerous conflicts. Unflinching in its depiction of death, loss, and the toll of war, the film is a tribute to Brent and all the devoted journalists who use their cameras to work for truth and understanding.