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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024)

November 22, 2024 · 105 min · · Documentary

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.

Director: Raoul Peck
Writers: Raoul Peck

Cast

LaKeith Stanfield
LaKeith Stanfield
Ernest Cole (voice)

Crew

  • Foley Artist: Romain Anklewicz
  • Sound Recordist: Victor Praud
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Stu00e9phane Thiu00e9baut
  • Assistant Editor: Marie Pascaud
  • Screenplay: Raoul Peck
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Aymeric Devoldu00e8re
  • Director of Photography: Wolfgang Held
  • Director of Photography: Moses Tau
  • Music: Alexey Aygi
  • Executive Producer: Laurence Lascary
  • Co-Producer: Olivier Pu00e8re
  • Director: Raoul Peck

About

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.

Official Videos

Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | BFI Q&A
Official Trailer

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