Overview
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.
Production
Velvet Film · Velvet Film · ARTE France Cinéma
Cast & Characters
LaKeith Stanfield
Ernest Cole (Voice over)
Raoul Peck
Ernest Cole (French voice over)
Directors & Crew
Raoul Peck
Producer
Tamara Rosenberg
Producer
Raoul Peck
Director
Screenshots & Stills
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