Up To Astonishment / Emily Dickinson (2020)

Up to Astonishment

“To me all good poetry is experimental in some way,” says poet Susan Howe in this film about Emily Dickinson by poet and filmmaker Benita Raphan, filmed on location at the Morgan Library & Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

A film by Benita Raphan
With commentary by Susan Howe and Marta Werner Ph.D.
Creative Advisor Alan Berliner
Composer Robert Miller
Cinematographer David Morabito
Sound Design and Mix at Sound Lounge
Director of Visual Effects
Colin Stackpole, The Stack
Graphics Mr. Wonderful
Finishing Hooligan, Paul Marangos

Additional Cinematography by Robert Aumer, Glen Mordeci, and Joe Collins
Gaffers, David Locke and Jon Fontana
Microscopy filmed by Benita Raphan and Joe DiGiorgis
With Blanche Hampton and Brian Mitchell

Filmed on location at
The Morgan Library & Museum
The Museum of Natural History
New York Foundation for the Arts was the fiscal sponsor for this film.
Part of this film was researched at MacDowell