Heir to his intrepid grandfather, Med Hondo knows how to tell stories of colonial childhood, exile and racism, stories of African cinema, but also stories of money, the obsessive and disgusting obsession of an artist aware of his responsibility to confront the history of his continent.
Docker, chef, actor, producer, dubbing star (the French voice of Eddie Murphy and Morgan Freeman), African director Meade Hondo gave a recent interview to his friend François Catoni, the devoted cinematographer of many of his films, influenced by Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire and Bertolt Brecht. It is November 2018, and over the course of three days, the pioneer of African narrative has devoted all his life and all his money to highlighting the Soleil O immigrants, the slaves of the West Indies, or even the legendary Queen. Resistance to colonialism is a “sorianism” that speaks in front of the camera. A final unpublished interview, recorded three months before Mede Hondo’s death, is preserved by Ciné-Archives and broadcast in its entirety, exclusively on Radio France Internationale.
Documentary film about “The Market of the World” by Valérie Nevillon, directed by Sophie Janin. Trainee: Clément Tournegand. The show originally aired on July 2, 2023.
Thanks to François Catoni, Maxime Grimper and Annabelle Aventurine from Ciné-Archives.
A special dedication to Zahra Hondo, Made Hondo’s little sister, for her confidence and determination to publish her brother’s works.
► To discover : Med Hondo restored three-film DVD set “Soleil O, West Indies and Sarraounia” – Box set trailer – Box.
► For reading :
-Ibrahim Al-Segai, Made Hondo is a rebellious film directorAfrican Presence Editions, 1994
– collective, 1970 – 2018 Interviews with Med Hondo Fugitive CinemaEditions Arsenal – Film and Videokunst Institute, 2018.
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