Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

A somber, quietly absorbing portrait that lingers on haunting images and a life shaped by exile and injustice.

Directed by

Raoul Peck

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Raoul Peck, Ernest Cole

Overview

More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole's 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures he shot in the U.S. Told through Cole's own writings, the stories of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation and will unravel the mystery of his missing negatives.

How it feels

Melancholic, dark, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Race, isolation, art, justice

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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