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Ernest Cole

Born March 21, 1940

Died February 19, 1990 · aged 49

South African stills photographer. He was also a writer, known for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024). He died on February 19, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA of pancreatic cancer.

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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found · 2024

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

MovieDocumentary

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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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found · 2024

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

MovieDocumentary

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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