He received critical appraisal and widespread acclaim[1] for his HBO documentary Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,[2] which examined the life and work of French director Claude Lanzmann.
[6][7] Benzine currently serves as the Canadian Bureau Chief for British news publisher C21 Media, before which he served as Associate Editor for Canadian non-fiction news publisher Realscreen.
Prior to his career in film, he studied BSc Multimedia Technology & Design at Brunel University London[8] and MA Magazine Journalism at City University London[9] before working as Online Editor for British weekly trade newspaper Music Week.
[10] Benzine quoted Kiva Reardon, at TIFF, who disputed Venice's festival's director, Alberta Barbera's claim that the reason he hadn't scheduled more films from female directors was that they just weren't making enough good films.
The film was released on the internet a week before the 2020 United States presidential election.