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Med Hondo was a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is known for his controversial films dealing with race relations and colonization, such as Soleil O and West Indies, and for dubbing Hollywood hits.
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During his long history with the Harvard Film Archive, Med Hondo received the McMillan Stewart Fellowship in Distinguished Filmmaking in 1999-2000. This fellowship was established at the Film Study Center in 1997 with a generous gift from Genevieve McMillan in memory of her late friend, Reba Stewart, in support of outstanding filmmakers, especially...
In 2019 the Harvard Film Archive received grant funding from the McMillan Stewart Foundation to begin work on the digital restoration of West Indies and Sarraounia. This project resulted in the creation of new English and French subtitled DCPs and digital files in the fall of 2021 with lab work done in Paris by Blackhawk Films and Lumières Numériqu...
A recording of Med Hondo's visit to the Harvard Film Archive, April 28 and 29, 2000, also featuring Isaac Julien, Katie Trainor, Steffen Pierce, John Gianvito and Bruce Jenkins. "What Is Cinema for Us?," Med Hondo, Jump Cut, March 1986 "By Any Means Necessary: Med Hondo," Aboubakar Sanogo, Film Comment, May-June 2020 "Med Hondo: Alter-Modernist," C...
Med Hondo was a Moroccan-born French filmmaker who made documentaries and feature films about Africa and its diaspora. He was also the official dubbing voice of Eddie Murphy in French since 1984.
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Mar 3, 2019 · The French-Mauritanian filmmaker was a visionary who challenged colonialism and racism in his films. He directed "Soleil O," "West Indies," and "Sarraounia," among others, and dubbed African-American actors for their French releases.
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May 14, 2023 · Med Hondo (1935-2019) belongs in the pantheon of the Pan African struggle for emancipation. He will forever reside alongside historians Cheikh Anta Diop and Joseph Ki-Zerbo; political leaders Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara; ...
A dazzling voice for Africa and the diaspora, filmmaker Med Hondo threw down fearless, prickly experiments that banish colonial rot. By Aboubakar Sanogo in the May-June 2020 Issue.
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Jun 1, 2022 · The story of Mohamed "Med" Hondo, from his humble beginnings in Mauritania, to smuggling himself on board a ship to France, to finding recognition as a moder...
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