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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found( 2024)

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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.

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      LaKeith Stanfield

      Ernest Cole (Voice over)

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      Raoul Peck

      Ernest Cole (French voice over)

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    A review by Brent Marchant

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    Written by Brent Marchant on Sat Nov 30 2024
    Chronicling the atrocities of social, political and ethnic persecution is undeniably a courageous and important act, especially when informing a largely unaware public of the horrendous events unfolding out of view. However, doing so can also take quite a toll on those recording such incidents, as seen in the graphic depictions captured in their accounts. Such was the case for South African photographer Ernest Cole (1940-1990), who snapped vivid, troubling images of apartheid in his homeland in the early 1960s. In doing so, he took his life in his hands when photographing what was occurring, of...

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    Facts

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • photographer
    • south africa
    • apartheid
    • exile
    • racial segregation
    • racism
    • black history
    • anti-apartheid
    • observational documentary
    • life and career
    • freelance photographer
    • street photography
    • environmental racism
    • documentary portrait
    • biographical documentary
    • anti-indigenous racism