Nelly Kaplan R.I.P.

Argentine filmmmaker, documentarian, journalist and theorist Nelly Kaplan has died at the age of 89. Kaplan became one of the most confrontational voices in French cinema, having moved to France on the cusp of adulthood. She worked as an assistant director to Abel Gance at the beginning of her career and he became her mentor. Her creative associates included authors Andre Pieyre De Mandiargues and Emmanuelle Arsan.