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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

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Ernest Cole, a South African photographer was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. His book House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was only 27 years old, led him into exile in NYC and Europe for the rest of his life, never to find his bearings. Raoul Peck recounts his wanderings, his turmoil as an artist and his anger, on a daily basis, at the silence or complicity of the Western world in the face of the horrors of the Apartheid regime. He also recounts how, in 2017, 60,000 negatives of his work were discovered in the safe of a Swedish bank.
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Monica Castillo RogerEbert.com Peck spends so much time unpacking Cole's inner life from his diaries and notebooks, because while the photos may live on in archives, those are the stories most at risk of disappearing from the frame. Rated: 3/4 Nov 22, 2024 Full Review Lisa Kennedy New York Times Peck’s film stands as a requisite biography, but also a personal homage: The response of one politically conscious artist to the call of another. Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Derek Smith Slant Magazine The film paints a vivid portrait of what life was like for Black South Africans under apartheid. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 17, 2024 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a meaningful tribute to South African photographer Ernest Cole. However, it would’ve been a better documentary if it investigated how 60,000 negatives of Cole’s photos were secretly hidden in a Swiss bank for decades. Dec 8, 2024 Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a melding of art, social commentary, and biography working together in harmony, with each layer nicely informing everything else around it. Rated: 7/10 Dec 6, 2024 Full Review Liam Lacey Original Cin Raoul Peck’s hybrid narrative-documentary on the life of South African photographer Ernest Cole honours the memory of a groundbreaking artist and activist. Rated: A- Dec 2, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ernest Cole, a South African photographer was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. His book House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was only 27 years old, led him into exile in NYC and Europe for the rest of his life, never to find his bearings. Raoul Peck recounts his wanderings, his turmoil as an artist and his anger, on a daily basis, at the silence or complicity of the Western world in the face of the horrors of the Apartheid regime. He also recounts how, in 2017, 60,000 negatives of his work were discovered in the safe of a Swedish bank.
Director
Raoul Peck
Producer
Raoul Peck, Tamara Rosenberg
Screenwriter
Raoul Peck, Raoul Peck
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Arte France Cinéma
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 46m