Brent E. Huffman
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#Documentary Filmmaker/Professor @MedillSchool @NorthwesternU Director @Medill_Doc Director @SavingMesAynak Producer @YingyingFilm @Kartemquin #HumanRights
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Please RT - Heartbreaking news. Destruction of the ancient
#Buddhist
city of
#MesAynak
in
#Afghanistan
will begin next week. A
#Chinese
government-owned
#mining
company will start open pit mining next week. This will destroy the ancient city and devastate the environment.
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Please join me in supporting the incredible work of
@rorypecktrust
! This Best News Feature award for my
@VICENews
@pulitzercenter
documentary "
#Uyghurs
Who Fled
#China
Now Face Repression in
#Pakistan
" raised awareness of the human rights situation facing
#Uyghurs
and
#Baloch
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Angry and heartbroken at the nightmarish situation in
#Afghanistan
. The incredible ancient
#Buddhist
city of
#MesAynak
(subject of my documentary
@SavingMesAynak
) has been taken by the
#Taliban
, who famously destroyed the Buddhas at Bamiyan in 2001. 1/4
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Urgent action is needed to SAVE the incredible Minaret of Jam in
#Afghanistan
- badly damaged from flooding and a recent earthquake.
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Finally got my visa to
#Yemen
. Excited to be headed there in 2023 to document Yemeni's work to save
#culturalheritage
. Thank you
@pulitzercenter
for your support of this project!
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On my 13th anniversary of teaching
@MedillSchool
@NorthwesternU
I've been promoted to full professor. Thank you to everyone who supported me and wrote letters! It has been wonderful working with such passionate students over the years.
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This is the most dystopian thing I’ve ever seen.
This is what a Florida school now looks like because of a new DeSantis law.
The GOP’s idea of “freedom.” (video from
@JagsFanBrian
)
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Posting one more time with the correct link! Thank you so much
@rorypecktrust
! Deeply honored by this award. Dedicating it to Umer and
#Uyghurs
who are working to stop oppression and persecution from
#China
:
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This terrible environmentally destructive mining contract must be rejected. The ancient city of
#MesAynak
must be saved!
For more info on the fight to Save Mes Aynak:
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Deeply honored by this award. I’ve been so lucky in the past fourteen years
@NorthwesternU
to work with such brilliant and passionate students!
Congratulations to Professor
@Brent_Huffman
for being honored with a 2023 University Teaching Award from
@Northwestern
! Huffman is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a passionate professor of documentary filmmaking. Read more:
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The world heritage organizations must act to stop the destruction of
#Buddhist
heritage in
#Afghanistan
!
#SaveBamiyanHistoricalHeritage
#SaveMesAynak
1) The statues in Bamyan were blown up & destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban. This time, the taliban want to destroy the entire mountain of Buddha. The cultural landscape & archaeological remains of Bamyan were listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2003.
#SaveBamyan
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Honored to receive a
@NorthwesternU
2020 Provost Grants for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts for my new
#documentary
project "Saving the Cultural Heritage of
#Yemen
"
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Ancient
#Buddhist
artifacts looted from
#Afghanistan
(potentially from
#MesAynak
) saved by Afghan Customs before they were taken out of the country
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Some more images of this incredible
#Buddhist
stupa in
#Afghanistan
and its wonderful restoration.
(I was lucky to visit the site pre-restoration back in 2015. Would love to see the same restoration happen at
#MesAynak
.)
…/
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I’ve been filming a new
#documentary
in
#Yemen
for the last month. Here are my two brave bodyguards in
#Taiz
, a city divided by civil war.
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Everyone at
@SavingMesAynak
supports Justice and Equality for
#Hazaras
in
#Afghanistan
!
#Justice4Hazaras
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The
@orientalinst
is doing INCREDIBLE work in
#Afghanistan
restoring
#Buddhist
heritage, including at
#MesAynak
:
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Please RT - Rare ancient
#Buddhist
manuscripts discovered at the ancient city of
#MesAynak
in
#Afghanistan
. The site is threatened by a
#Chinese
copper mine. Check out my documentary
@SavingMesAynak
about the fight to SAVE it from destruction.
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Incredible discovery! Flooding reveals site filled with ancient terracotta figures,
#India
#archaeology
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Wonderful news!
"An Agreement Signed For Reconstruction of Bala Hissar ("High Fort") in
#Kabul
#Afghanistan
Thanks for the heads up
@krblackey
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Media ignored the Muslim anti-Isis march that took place in London last week
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Thank you
@Immigrantly_pod
Saadia Khan
@swkkhan
for having me on to discuss my
#humanrights
work in
#Pakistan
about what is happening to
#Uyghurs
there and in
#China
- featured in my
@rorypecktrust
winning
@VICENews
doc.
Listen here:
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"Finding Yingying" was nominated for an
#Emmy
! Congrats to the whole
@YinyingFilm
@Kartemquin
@mtvdocs
@PlutoTV
team!
The
#NewsEmmys
nominees in Investigative Documentary are...
Athlete A |
@netflix
FRONTLINE: Return From ISIS |
@PBS
@frontlinepbs
HBO Documentary Films (Double Nominee) |
@HBODocs
Finding Yingying |
@PlutoTV
@YingyingFilm
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Honored to be a finalist
@rorypecktrust
awards for "
#Uyghurs
Who Fled
#China
Now Face Repression in
#Pakistan
" for
@VICENews
. Hoping this will help raise awareness of the plight of Uyghurs in China and Pakistan.
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So very HONORED to win the Rory Peck Award for Best News Feature! Thank you for the incredible work of the
@rorypecktrust
supporting freelancers! Thank you to
@VICENews
and my wonderful team
@seanmstephens
@madbmay
Jose Flores,
@SarahKeels
@victoles
. 1/3
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#Afghan
experts and
#archaeologists
restore
#Afghan
heritage for the 100th anniversary of the
#Kabul
National Museum
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My
#China
in
#Pakistan
documentary funded by
@pulitzercenter
@BuffettInst
that examines Chinese
#CPEC
development, immigration, as well as
#Uyghurs
,
#Baloch
, and
#Taliban
fighting back against this development will premiere on
@VICE
next week.
More info soon.
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Thank you
@CCPArtCulture
!
My update on the current situation at the ancient
#Buddhist
city
#MesAynak
#Afghanistan
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Ancient pre-Islamic script and ibex sculptures at the Temple of Awwam in
#Marib
#Yemen
. These sites were just added to
@UNESCO
world heritage in danger list for 2023. These temples are part of my
#documentary
about Yemenis saving heritage in their war-torn country.
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Final week to watch the award-winning documentary
@SavingMesAynak
on
@tricyclemag
. Subscribers can view for free here:
Also, please check out my update on the situation at
#MesAynak
here:
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Please read - the sale of important cultural heritage like this supports looting and conflict.
"AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF OF A WINGED GENIUS from
#Iraq
on sold for $30 million at Christie's."
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Deeply honored by this award!
Very proud to announce that "Finding Yingying" just won the Chinese Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Documentary! You can watch the award-winning documentary in Virtual Theaters now:
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#Documentaries
can have real impact!
@SavingMesAynak
and the ousting of the
#Chinese
boss at the mining company:
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My new documentary about
#China
in
#Pakistan
examines groups like
#Uyghur
,
#Baloch
and
#Taliban
fighting against Chinese
#CPEC
expansion. Funded by
@pulitzercenter
@BuffettInst
airing on
@VICENews
tonight at 11PM EST/10PM CST. Watch here:
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My
@VICENews
documentary (winner of a
@rorypecktrust
award) about
#Uyghurs
in
#Pakistan
will premiere
@Amdocfilmfest
in Palm Springs.
Thank you to funders
@pulitzercenter
@BuffettInst
!
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The team hard at work in
#Marib
#Yemen
. For the last month I have been working on a new documentary about Yemenis working to save cultural heritage in the war torn country.
@ALIPHFoundation
@UNESCO
@pulitzercenter
@NorthwesternU
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Donald Trump’s Election Leaves Angela Merkel as the Liberal West’s Last Defender
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Why
#documentary
#journalism
? A documentary can make a hard-fact news story emotional; make it resonate with an audience. A film can make you feel something, make you cry, make you angry, it ceases to be a film and becomes an experience.
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.
@tricyclemag
just published my new story about the current situation at
#MesAynak
and the impact my documentary
@SavingMesAynak
has had.
"Saving Mes Aynak" is also the Film of the Month at Tricycle Magazine.
Please check both out here:
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Looking forward to returning to
#Yemen
in 2024! Three short documentaries and one feature are in production.
#CulturalHeritage
#Archaeology
#Documentary
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Thank you
@screenmag
for your recent story about my new
#documentary
work-in-progress about
#Yemeni
women saving cultural heritage during the war.
#Yemen
#CulturalHeritage
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This is a horrible turn of events.
Breaking news according to
@HamidullahArefi
The
#Taliban
have taken control of the
#Jamminaret
and its surrounding
#security
check posts today. Officials are yet to comment on the matter.
#Afghanistan
@UNESCO
@SavingMesAynak
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Very special screening of
@SavingMesAynak
Thursday, November 9 at 2:15 p.m. at the Musée d'Aquitaine in
#Bordeaux
#France
. I will give an update before the film about the current situation at
#MesAynak
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5,000-Year-Old Afghan Historic Site
#MesAynak
Under Threat From
#Chinese
#Mining
Company
http://t.co/UkoFoe3T4J
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At
#MesAynak
alone there are over 5,000 years of history, much still buried in the ground. What will happen to this priceless heritage now? What happens when the history of
#Afghanistan
is erased like this? What happens to the
#Afghan
people?
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Tibetan Monks Plant New Trees on Hills Stripped by Loggers
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A BIG thank you to the always wonderful and inspiring
@colinbphoto
for speaking to my
#photojournalism
class and sharing his work. His love for
#Chicago
communities is infectious! (And we learned
@BlockClubCHI
is in the
@MedillSchool
downtown building!)
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Don't miss this!
@SavingMesAynak
premieres on
@ajam
THIS SUNDAY!
http://t.co/juBsuOIqYp
…
http://t.co/4WlIRiKtZ7
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IMPORTANT 2018 update on the threatened
#Buddhist
city of
#MesAynak
#Afghanistan
.
Please read and help me SHARE widely:
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An incredibly rare 2,000-year-old wooden
#Buddha
is unearthed at
#MesAynak
#Afghanistan
.
@SavingMesAynak
@Kartemquin
http://t.co/j0YPhPotQF
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.
@SavingMesAynak
just won a Silver Plaque in the Arts/Humanities at the
#Chicago
International
#Television
Awards!
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A One-Man Crew in Taliban Country: Brent Huffman is Saving Mes Aynak - MovieMaker Magazine
http://t.co/1tim5LsX3n
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#Afghanistan
holds the world's most precious and unique heritage - having the world's oldest oil painting as well as sites like
#MesAynak
that redefine the history of
#Buddhism
- all currently under threat of looting and destruction.
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Some good news.
12th-century
#Afghan
minaret saved, for now, after floods via
@RFI_En
@SavingMesAynak
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#Afghanistan
’s
#Bamiyan
Valley will collapse in the next ten years if looting and neglect continue, former Unesco representative warns:
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‘Human Flow’ Review: Ai Weiwei Delivers the Definitive Documentary About the Ongoing Refugee Crisis via
@indiewire
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Brent E. Huffman - Director of
@SavingMesAynak
at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival |
http://t.co/U6Z6tZGXmQ
http://t.co/sYNEcmzbgW
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Honored!
@SavingMesAynak
won the top prize at the
@LIFEAFTEROIL
International Film Festival!
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Very excited my
#Uyghur
#Balochistan
#China
in
#Pakistan
documentary "Strands of Resistance" will play
@DX_IFF
#WashingtonDC
Friday 10/14 - FREE and I will be there in person:
@VICENews
@pulitzercenter
@BuffettInst
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A big THANK YOU to the incredible Vashon Jordan Jr.
@vashon_photo
for speaking to my advanced
#photojournalism
class
@MedillSchool
today!
So Inspirational and insightful!
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BIG congrats to Medill
#documentary
alums
@MelissaHovanes
, Isabel Miller-Bottome, and
@HollyCadeBarker
whose documentary "Prime Time: A Rapper Battles the Machine" has advanced to the semifinal round of the 47th Student Academy Awards
@TheAcademy
!
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I'll be on
#Chicago
Tonight
@wttw
with
@jiayanjennyshi
this evening talking about "Finding Yingying"
@YingyingFilm
which can be viewed anywhere in the US right now at the
@chifilmfest
:
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Very happy to finally be able to talk about this!
@ViacomCBS
/
@MTV
picked up "Finding Yingying"
@YingyingFilm
!
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"Finding Yingying"
@YingyingFilm
won its 5th and 6th award at the LA Asian Pacific FF
@VCFilmFestival
and the San Diego Asian FF
@PacArtsMovement
!
Catch the award-winning documentary ONLINE anywhere in the US at DOC NYC
@DOCNYCfest
Nov. 11-19!
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Not only was Julia Reichert Godmother of Documentary Cinema and a pioneer and trailblazer for the documentary medium, she was also mentor to hundreds of young students/filmmakers/activists like myself who wouldn’t be making films without her endless support, guidance, and...
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We are in the running!
#Oscars2021
A big thank you to everyone who helped get us here!
@Kartemquin
@mtvdocs
Deeply honored to have "Finding Yingying" included on this list with such a phenomenal group of documentary films for the
#Oscars
2021! Thank you to all our supporters!
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