Med Hondo
Med Hondo , actually Abib Mohamed Medoun Hondo , (born May 4, 1936 in Atar , Mauritania ; † March 2, 2019 in Paris ) was a Mauritanian film director and actor who is best known in France.
life and work
Hondo came to France at the age of 25, where he initially worked as a dishwasher, docker and helper on various farms when he founded a theater group in Paris. In parallel to the theater, the African also devoted himself to the medium of film and appeared in several short films when he began shooting his first feature film, Soleil O , in 1967 . The strip, which thematized the experiences of an African immigrant and thus represented an attack on neo-colonialism, caused a sensation across the country. Bicots-negres vos voisins (1974) is a film about the experience of emigration in France and racism. The historical film West Indies (1979) won the Dakar Festival Award.
In Sarraounia he described the struggle of an African queen against the French colonizers.
Filmography (director)
- 1970: Soleil O
- 1974: Bicots-negres vos voisins, engl. Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbors
- 1975: (with Théo Robichet) Sahel la faim pourquoi
- 1977: Nous aurons toute la mort pour dormir
- 1979: West Indies
- 1986: Sarraounia (Grand Prize of the Pan-African Film Festival FESPACO )
- 1994: Lumière noire
- 1998: Watani, un monde sans mal
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Med Hondo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès à Paris du cinéaste mauritania Med Hondo . Cridem.org March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hondo, Med |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hondo, Abib Mohamed Medoun (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mauritanian film director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atar , Mauritania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd March 2019 |
| Place of death | Paris |