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.
CountryFrance / USA
Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
Production year2024
Online premiere29 April 2025
World premiere29 April 2025
Worldwide Gross$342,290
ProductionArte France Cinéma, Canal+, Netflix
Also known as
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Ernest Cole, photographe, Ernest Cole: Achados e Perdidos, Ernest Cole: odnaleziona legenda, Ernest Cole: Perdido e Achado, Έρνεστ Κόουλ: Απολεσθέντα