Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

The read

A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 77% of the 2,471 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Hulu.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Raoul PeckDirector
• Alexei AiguiOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• LaKeith StanfieldErnest Cole (Voice over)
• Raoul PeckErnest Cole (French voice over)

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