TriumphsandLamentsdocumentsoneofcontemporaryartistWilliamKentridge’smostambitiousandcontroversialprojects:acolossalfriezealongthebanksoftheTiberriverinRomeportrayingthegloriesandtragediesoftheEternalCitythatwascommissionedinthesummerof2016.Thefilm,shotwithexclusiveaccesstoKentridgeoverthecourseoftwoyearsfromhishomeinSouthAfricatothecenterofRome,detailstheartist’svisionandhiscreativeprocessindevelopingaworkofartthatwilldisappearinjustafewyears.