[4] She then moved to France for specialized studies in cinema at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris.

[1][4][5] Benacerraf's two best known films, the 1950s documentaries Reverón and Araya, are considered "landmarks of Latin America narrative non-fiction".

[6] Reverón illustrates the life of the well-known Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón, and Araya portrays the day-to-day work of the workers of the salt mines of Araya, a village in the east of Venezuela.

[9][10] Benacerraf founded the Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela in 1966[11] and was its director for three years consecutively.

[4] In February 1987, Ateneo de Caracas inaugurated a movie theater named after her.