TriumphsandLamentsdocumentsoneofcontemporaryartistWilliamKentridge’smostambitiousandcontroversialprojectsacolossalfriezealongthebanksoftheTiberriverinRomeportrayingthegloriesandtragediesoftheEternalCitythatwascommissionedinthesummerof2016.Thefilm,shotwithexclusiveaccesstoKentridgeoverthecourseoftwoyearsfromhishomeinSouthAfricatothecenterofRome,detailstheartist’svisionandhiscreativeprocessindevelopingaworkofartthatwilldisappearinjustafewyears.