ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND

By Raoul PECK

SALZGEBER & CO. MEDIEN GMBH - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, GERMANY

Documentary - Completed 2024

Raoul Peck’s search for the soul of Ernest Cole, this great yet overlooked artist, is nestled in an international thriller which traces back the steps of his turmoil, and the legacy of his timeless and poetic pictures.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2024
Special Screening
Toronto - TIFF 2024
TIFF Docs
Busan IFF 2024
Wide Angle
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 0 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Raoul PECK
    • Synopsis
    • Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience.
      Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream.