TriumphsandLamentsdocumentsoneofcontemporaryartistWilliamKentridge’smostambitiousandcontroversialprojects:acolossalfriezealongthebanksoftheTiberriverinRomeportrayingthegloriesandtragediesoftheEternalCitythatwascommissionedinthesummerof2016Thefilm,shotwithexclusiveaccesstoKentridgeoverthecourseoftwoyearsfromhishomeinSouthAfricatothecenterofRome,detailstheartist’svisionandhiscreativeprocessindevelopingaworkofartthatwilldisappearinjustafewyears