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. Œil d'Or Best Documentary – Cannes 2025
Keywords
- Biopics
- Black History Month
- Cannes: L’Œil d’or
- Festival de Cannes
- Film Festival Oostende
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Les César du cinéma
- Nominated for the César Award 2025
- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
- Africa
Actors
- LaKeith Stanfield
Director
- Raoul Peck
Follows Ernest Cole's journey as the first Black freelance photographer in apartheid South Africa.
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.
Œil d'Or Best Documentary – Cannes 2025
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Raoul Peck
Cast
LaKeith Stanfield