Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Over 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were unexpectedly found in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden, a discovery that surprised many who believed these images, particularly the thousands he captured in the United States, were lost forever. This film, narrated through Cole’s own words, the accounts of those who knew him best, and his relentless artistic vision, serves to reintroduce this significant Black artist to a contemporary audience while exploring the enigma surrounding his vanished negatives.