Ernest Cole: Lost and Found15

Directed by Raoul Peck | USA | 2024 | 1h 46m

South African photographer Ernest Cole was the first to reveal the brutal realities of apartheid to the world. His groundbreaking book, House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was just 27, forced him into exile in New York and Europe for the rest of his life. From director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), this powerful documentary serves as a poignant homecoming, reclaiming Cole’s legacy and shedding light on a vital chapter in the ongoing fight for justice and human rights.

Reviews

‘It’s through his remarkable pictures of South Africa and Black America, however, that we really hear his voice.’
★★★★
Wendy Ide, The Observer

‘In its strongest moments, the film is paced with real tempo – a sense of sophisticated motion that runs in tandem with its subject matter of the concrete, bustling, yet fluid cityscape.’
★★★★
Lucy Peters. Little White Lies

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