A conversation with international documentary filmmaker Brent Huffman by The Global Lunchbox Podcast published on 2021-11-10T22:21:05Z This episode of the Global Lunchbox podcast features a conversation with award-winning documentary filmmaker Brent Huffman about his work documenting China’s economic push into Afghanistan and Pakistan and the minority groups resisting it. Huffman teaches in the Medill Documentary Journalism Program at Northwestern University. He teaches documentary theory and production as well as long-form video storytelling. In this conversation, he talks about the centrality of human rights and social justice to his work. His recent work includes the VICE News documentary “Uyghurs Who Fled China Now Face Repression in Pakistan” (available at https://youtu.be/RrplLEQQMnE). The Global Lunchbox, hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International & Area Studies at Northwestern University, features conversations with scholars in the social sciences and humanities about their current research on a range of critical global issues. The podcast is hosted by Ian Hurd, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weinberg College Center for International & Area Studies at Northwestern University. The podcast is produced by CA Davis, Digital Storyteller and Producer, Media and Design Studio, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University. This conversation was recorded on November 5, 2021. Genre News & Politics