ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND

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ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND

Wed 26 Mar, Wed 2 & Fri 4 Apr, Stamford Arts Centre film

Following a UK exhibition of Ernest Cole’s ground-breaking photobook House of Bondage – which exposed the inhumanity and injustice of South African apartheid to the world – Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck’s new documentary takes his story to film.

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Dir: Raoul Peck | USA, France | 2024 | 106 mins | Documentary

Following a UK exhibition of South African photographer’s Ernest Cole’s ground-breaking photobook House of Bondage – one of the most significant photographic works of the 20th century, which exposed the inhumanity and injustice of South African apartheid to the world – Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck’s (I Am Not Your Negro) new documentary takes his story to film.

Narrated by actor LaKeith Stanfield, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is filled with images of the acutely painful photographs Cole risked his life to take; psychological portraits of existence within a brutal caste system, its misery, violence and indignity. Published in 1967 when Cole was only in his 20s, House of Bondage exiled him to Europe and America for the rest of his life, enraged for decades by the silence of the West in the face of the apartheid regime.

Of a piece with Peck’s wider body of work, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is also a kind of detective thriller, which documents a latter-day discovery while reassessing Cole’s life and this contribution to our understanding of race.

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Wed 26 March 2:00 PM

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Wed 2 April 8:00 PM

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Fri 4 April 5:00 PM

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Important Information:

Run Time: 106 mins

Priority Booking: Opens Monday 17th February, 10am

General Booking: Opens Monday 24th February, 10am

Evenings - £7 (£6.50)

Matinees - £6.50 (£6)

All Screenings Under 26s - Only £5!

Friends of Stamford Cinema - 50p off

Please Note - The advertised time is when the feature film starts. Please arrive early for trailers and pre-show ads, which begin before the listed time.