Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

105 mins | Documentary | May 20, 2024

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.

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

105 mins | Documentary | May 20, 2024

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Magnolia Pictures, Velvet Film, MK2 Productions, Range Media Partners
Original title Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Directors Raoul Peck
Writers

Cast

Lakeith Stanfield

as Ernest Cole (voice)