Jenny Phillips

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Jenny Phillips
Born
Jane Morton King[1]

May 29, 1942
New York City
DiedJuly 9, 2018 (age 76)
Wauwinet, Massachusetts
Cause of deathDrowning
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Known fordirecting The Dhamma Brothers and
Spouse(s)Frank Phillps
ChildrenMary (Polly) Phillips Gilbert, Maxwell Perkins Phillips
Parent(s)Louise Perkins King, Robert King
RelativesMaxwell Perkins Perry King

Jenny Phillips (1942 – July 9, 2018) was an American documentary filmmaker. She directed many films, including The Dhamma Brothers and Beyond the Wall. She drowned in Wauwinet, Massachusetts on July 9, 2018, age 76.[1][2][3]

Career[]

Phillips had a doctorate in anthropology and two master's degrees from Boston University. She had been a family therapist for over 25 years. She also worked with male prisoners. Phillips taught inmates Vipassanā Meditation and emotional literacy.[4]

Hemingway letters[]

During a 2001 trip to Cuba, Phillips asked to see letters between Ernest Hemingway and her grandfather, Maxwell Perkins, Hemingway's editor and friend. Both Phillips and her husband worked to make the Hemingway documents available to the public.[2] A digital collection of Hemingway's documents were eventually brought to the JFK Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Due to her efforts to make the letters public, she eventually met Fidel Castro.[1]

Personal life[]

Phillips married her husband, Frank, on December 18, 1966. They had met each other during an orientation for a college overseas program in 1964. They had lost touch with each other until they reconnected during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. They had two children and two grandchildren. The Phillips' were residents of Concord, Massachusetts for almost 50 years.[1]

Death[]

Phillips, her husband, and a friend were sailing in Nantucket on 9 July 2018 when she decided to swim the quarter-mile or so back to shore. As she was a strong swimmer, Jenny often leaped into the waves on the way home, but this time she apparently drowned and was found later along the shore of the island's Wauwinet area.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d McDonald, Danny (July 11, 2018). "Accomplished filmmaker and therapist from Concord dies on Nantucket". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jenny Phillips, Concord Filmmaker, Drowns in Nantucket". WBUR. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Pescaro, Mike (July 10, 2018). "Jenny Phillips, Filmmaker Wife of Boston Globe's Frank Phillips, Drowns Off Nantucket". New England Cable News. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Jenny Phillips". oprah.com. Harpo Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

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