He showed the effects of Apartheid to the world and died in exile. This is the story of Ernest Cole - a South African photographer who in the 1960s was forced to flee the apartheid regime with a suitcase full of revealing negatives.

Director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, Lumumba) weaves together several parallel narratives that culminate in a vault in Stockholm, creating a moving documentary through Cole's own powerful images and still photographs from New York. A touching tribute to a courageous artist whose camera became a weapon against oppression.