Movie picks: The story of Ernest Cole, a photographer almost lost to history

Frequent EVG contributor Daniel Efram caught a screening of "Ernest Cole: Lost and Found" earlier this week at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and Second Street. 

And there was a surprise Q&A with the director, Raoul Peck ... Peabody Award Winner (HBO's "Exterminate All the Brutes") and Oscar-nominated (James Baldwin, "I Am Not Your Negro").

The documentary tells the story of Ernest Cole, "one of the most important chroniclers of apartheid-era South Africa," per the Associated Press. He died "mostly forgotten and penniless" at age 49 in 1990. 

The film is garnering positive reviews (93% aggregate on Rotten Tomatoes). Dan called it an "intriguing portrait."

Starting today, you can catch its theatrical release at the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue near Third Street.