Med Hondo was a Mauritanian-French actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization.
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Asterix and the Vikings
Masculin Féminin
Incontrôlable
Shock Troops
Soleil O
A Walk with Love and Death
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
Antilles sur Seine
The Gods Must Be Daring
Zita
Sarraounia
1871
The Spiral
The Ambassadors
Spike
Safrana or Freedom of Speech
The Black Wogs, Your Neighbors
Les verts pâturages
Black Light
L'Année des Guignols - J'y arrive pas
We shall have the whole of death to sleep
La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
Watani: A World Without Evil
Hunger Of The World
Polisario, a people in arms
My Neighbours
Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar
Ballade aux sources
Môl51 credits on file
Television 3
Police Commissioner Moulin
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Funky CopsAwards 2
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About this person
Med Hondo was a Mauritanian-French actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization. His critically acclaimed 1970 directorial début feature, Soleil O, received the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival and was chosen in 2019 by the African Film Heritage Project for restoration. His 1979 film West Indies was the first African film musical and, at $1.3 million, the most expensive production in African film history.
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