Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

South African photographer Ernest Cole was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to the world. His book House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was just 27, led him into exile in New York and Europe for the rest of his life.

Raoul Peck recounts his wanderings, his torments as an artist and his daily anger at the silence or complicity of the Western world in the face of the horrors of the Apartheid regime. He also recounts how, in 2017, 60,000 negatives of his work were discovered in the safe of a Swedish bank.

“Raoul Peck weaves together a compelling narrative…a gripping portrait of a great observational photographer who was unappreciated in his lifetime.” – The Arts Desk