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Soleil Ô ([sɔ.lɛj o]; "Oh, Sun") is a 1970 [3] French-Mauritanian drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. The title refers to a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves.
Oh, Sun! NEW. An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race. TOP CRITIC. A combination of pure documentary and improvisation, the...
- Med Hondo
- Drama
- Robert Liensol
Soleil Ô. A furious cry of resistance against racist oppression and a revolutionary landmark of political cinema, this feature debut from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly funny, dazzlingly experimental attack on capitalism and the legacy of colonialism.
Currently you are able to watch "Oh, Sun" streaming on Criterion Channel. Synopsis An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
- Med Hondo
- 2
- Robert Liensol
A series of extraordinary sketches - cast in virtually every cinematic mode - telling stories from where the racial and cultural seams of the world overlap, intertwine, strangle and flail. A post-colonized African man (presumably Mauritanian) immigrates to Paris, enthusiastic about his future.
- (4K)
- Shango Films, Grey Films
- Med Hondo
Oct 1, 2020 · T he film world and ordinary people (s) in the four corners of the globe have long awaited the home-video release of Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun, 1970), the groundbreaking feature debut of one of Africa’s legendary maverick film directors, Med Hondo.
The Mauritanian director Med Hondo’s bitterly insightful, artistically freewheeling 1970 film begins with an antic sketch of the European colonization that subjugated and...
