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Feb 28, 2017 · What happens when a man’s best friend is a capuchin monkey? In the first episode of this six-part documentary, the artist Allen Hirsch makes a surprising discovery while on honeymoon in Venezuela.
Mar 2, 2017 · Long Live Benjamin centers on the unusual relationship between Allen Hirsch, an accomplished artist, and Benjamin, an orphaned capuchin monkey. Hirsch and his wife, Belkis,...
Oct 4, 2018 · “Long Live Benjamin” is a 10-minute film that touches on themes of unconditional love, the relationship between people and wild animals, and what it means to be human.
The New York Times Op-Docs recently debuted Long Live Benjamin, a six-part episodic documentary directed by Jimm Lasser (Wieden & Kennedy) and Biff Butler (Rock Paper Scissors), and produced by Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment.
Long Live Benjamin won the 2018 News & Documentary Emmy for New Approaches in Documentaries: Arts, Culture, and Lifestyle. Photography and artwork credits to Allen Hirsch, Belkis Hirsch and Piero Ribelli.
This six part, Emmy Award-winning New York Times documentary details artist Allen Hirsch's decades long relationship with a Capuchin monkey.
Famed artist Allen Hirsch has his life transformed when he meets Benjamin, a Capuchin monkey, and decides to bring him from the forests of Venezuela to the streets of New York City.