Ernest Cole: Lost & Found

An intimate documentary portrait of Ernest Cole, a photographer who paid the price for revealing to the world the true horrors of apartheid in South Africa.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Raoul Peck

  • France-USA 2024. 106min

  • Courtesy of

    Dogwoof

  • Language

    English

Introduction

Cole was the first Black freelance photographer in South Africa. His powerful record of the degradation of his people under Apartheid led to his exile, where he would die, mostly forgotten and heartsick for the home he loved. Lost & Found is a poignant homecoming hymn, restoring his legacy and offering an essential story in the ongoing the fight for equity and human rights.

Lynn Nwokorie

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