{"product_id":"soleil-o-9781839029592","title":"Soleil Ô","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMed Hondo's debut feature, \u003ci\u003eSoleil Ô\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), follows an unnamed African immigrant as he travels to Paris in search of work and a better life. Instead, he faces unemployment, exploitation and a deep sense of isolation from French society. Told through a non-linear structure and blending surrealist and satirical elements, the film is a searing critique of racism and the broader legacies of colonialism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNoah Tsika's study situates \u003ci\u003eSoleil Ô\u003c\/i\u003e within its historical and political contexts, as well as within Hondo's broader career and lifelong commitment to anti-colonial principles. He considers the film's depiction of the modern exilic experience as a cinematic response to anti-immigrant rhetoric and nativist sentiment in France. Tsika also traces the film's lengthy five-year production, examining Hondo's guerrilla film-making tactics through which he staged scripted scenes on the teeming streets of Paris and captured the immediate reactions of perplexed passers-by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn doing so, Tsika suggests that by using the devices of documentary to tell a fictional story, and the devices of fiction to document a precise, seismic moment in world history, \u003ci\u003eSoleil Ô\u003c\/i\u003e daringly extends the techniques of film-makers such as Paulin Soumanou Vieyra and Ousmane Sembene into narrative, thematic and political terrain not previously encountered in African cinemas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839029592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.48h x 5.32w x 1.11d","brand":"Noah Tsika","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774249988277,"sku":"9781839029592","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/soleil-o-9781839029592","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}