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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, a new documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck, explores the life of Ernest Cole, one of South Africa’s first Black freelance photographers. Cole’s 1967 book, House of Bondage, banned in South Africa, exposed the brutal realities of apartheid and established his international acclaim. Exiled to the U.S. in 1966, Cole…
In his new film, director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished – a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words. He draws upon James Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and…