Ernest Cole, a South African photographer was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. His book HOUSE OF BONDAGE, published in 1967 when he was only 27 years old, led him into exile in NYC and Europe for the rest of his life, never to find his bearings.

Academy Award nominee Raoul Peck (SILVER DOLLAR ROAD, CIFF2023, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO) recounts Cole's wanderings, his turmoil as an artist, and his anger at the silence and complicity of the West in the face of the horrors of the Apartheid regime. He also recounts how, in 2017, 60,000 negatives of Cole's work were discovered in the safe of a Swedish bank. Featuring narration by LaKeith Stanfield (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH).