{"id":7518,"date":"2026-04-08T02:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/the-film-school-grad-on-ukraines-front-line-institute-for-global-affairs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:43:22","slug":"the-film-school-grad-on-ukraines-front-line-institute-for-global-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/the-film-school-grad-on-ukraines-front-line-institute-for-global-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Film School Grad on Ukraine\u2019s Front Line &#8211; Institute for Global Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Hollywood drone innovator&#8217;s surprising journey to Pentagon contractor, on the frontlines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/instituteforglobalaffairs.org\/by-trending-topic\/ukraine-russia\/\">Ukraine war<\/a>, where drone technology and military innovation are reshaping modern conflict.<br \/>This mini doc follows Brian Streem, a former drone cinematographer who worked on projects from the Fast &amp; Furious franchise to Cardi B music videos. Now, this Hollywood drone innovator is working on the frontlines.<br \/>Streem is the founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getvermeer.com\/\">Vermeer<\/a>, a drone-manufacturing company. The New York Times Magazine recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/31\/magazine\/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html\">profiled<\/a> Streem, which highlighted his company&#8217;s military innovations in artificial intelligence and drone technology.<br \/>Award-winning documentary filmmakers Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pepperandbones.com\/\">pepper&amp;bones<\/a> produced this mini doc in partnership with IGA. They are the creators of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunnerpalace.com\/\">Gunner Palace<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/opinion\/100000008730915\/the-army-we-had.html\">The Army We Had<\/a>.\u201d<br \/>This post is part of <a href=\"\/stories\/independent-america\/\"> Independent America<\/a>, a research program led out by Jonathan Guyer, which seeks to explore how US foreign policy could better be tailored to new global realities and to the preferences of American voters.<br \/>Institute for Global Affairs<br \/> 21 W 26th St,<br \/> New York, NY 10010<br \/><a href=\"mailto:info@instituteforglobalaffairs.org\">Email<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/projects\/iga-podcast-none-of-the-above\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NoneOfTheAbove_Logo_LightGreen.png\" width=\"100\" padding: 10px;\" alt=\"None of the Above.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 836px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 836\/712;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQUkZLemkyY0RMZi04dnpBbmhpQ2NUdzNwRThoUVdidWZUb2J6eVpZUGVkYVhrUFNST295ZE50bS1HaE9fQkdTYk5aVFIxS0xnQzFKbjFPRGdnM0g0Vk1pZ3gzTnoxRm1TLTR5cGhTT3JlWjRPSnZDcXlkMlNYaUNRczg4SGlkbEx3T1R3M3VUS0c2YXow?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hollywood drone innovator&#8217;s surprising journey to Pentagon contractor, on the frontlines of the Ukraine war, where drone technology and military innovation are reshaping modern conflict.This mini doc follows Brian Streem, a former drone cinematographer who worked on projects from the Fast &amp; Furious franchise to Cardi B music videos. 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