Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

In the organizer's words:

The pictures of South African photographer Ernest Cole (1940 - 1990) went around the world in 1967: in his photo book "House of Bondage", he showed the world the racist reality of the brutal apartheid regime in his home country of South Africa. Cole had gone into exile in New York a year earlier in order to be able to publish his photos there - the photo book was banned in South Africa immediately after publication. He also documented the ongoing racial discrimination in the USA. But he and his photos fell into oblivion, he himself lived as a homeless person for a time and died in New York in 1990 at the age of just 49. Raoul Peck - Oscar-nominated for I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO - reconstructs Cole's life's work, which was long considered lost; it was not until 2017 that 60,000 photo negatives were rediscovered in a Swedish bank safe. The film brings back a lost voice from the past and portrays the committed, impressive photo artist in a dynamic montage. Awarded best documentary film in Cannes!