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Her dreamlike “genius” films about figures like Emily Dickinson and Buckminster Fuller hovered between documentary and experimental cinema.

Benita Raphan, visionary filmmaker, dies at the age of 58 Benita Raphan was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019. by Julia Rock & Miriam Kuznets NEW YORK, NY .- Benita Raphan, visionary filmmaker, died in January 2021 at the age of 58. Her lifes work about geniuses garnered multiple awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019. Her visual portraits examined the eccentric and brilliant inner lives of iconic figures, including R. Buckminster Fuller, John Nash, and Helen Keller. Her most r...