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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Soleil_OSoleil O - Wikipedia

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   Soleil Ô ([sɔ.lɛj o]; "Oh, Sun") is a 1970 [3] French-Mauritanian drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. The title refers to a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves.

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0062285Oh, Sun (1970) - IMDb

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   Oh, Sun. A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. However, he is disappointed when he sees racial inequity as blacks are relegated to manual labor while less skilled whites are given preferential treatment.

   • 7.3/10 (866)
   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Med Hondo
   • Release Date: 1973-01-04

3. www.criterion.com › films › 30299Soleil Ô (1970) - The Criterion Collection

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   Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job, a community, and intellectual engagement—but soon discovers a hostile society where his very presence engenders fear and resentment.

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   Laced with deadly irony and righteous anger, SOLEIL Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant (Robert Liensol) as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job and cultural enrichment—but soon discovers a hostile society in which his very presence elicits fear and resentment.

5. www.criterion.com › current › postsSoleil Ô: “I Bring You Greetings from Africa

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   Oct 1, 2020 · A semiautobiographical film, Soleil Ô was intended as a form of self-therapy, a way for Hondo to expose the vampiric racism that was destroying his own life, to exorcise the effects of that cancer on an individual and collective body.

6. www.nytimes.com › movies › med-hondo-soleil-oAn African in Paris, Fighting to Preserve His Dignity

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   Jul 22, 2020 · July 22, 2020. A “colonized” African man with hope in his heart and a degree in accounting relocates to his European “motherland” and experiences a brutal disillusionment. His story provides the...

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   What is Soleil about?

   • Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job, a community, and intellectual engagement—but soon discovers a hostile society where his very presence engenders fear and resentment. With this freewheeling masterpiece, Hondo crafts a shattering vision of awakening Black consciousness.

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   Who is Robert Liensol in Solil?

   • Laced with deadly irony and righteous anger, SOLEIL Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant (Robert Liensol) as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job and cultural enrichment—but soon discovers a hostile society in which his very presence elicits fear and resentment.

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   When did 'soleil'come out?

   • T he film world and ordinary people (s) in the four corners of the globe have long awaited the home-video release of Soleil Ô ( Oh, Sun, 1970), the groundbreaking feature debut of one of Africa’s legendary maverick film directors, Med Hondo.

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   What happened to 'Soleil '?

   • The movie, long out of distribution, has been restored and is now streaming on the Criterion Channel. Its title referring to a West Indian song about the horrors of slavery, “Soleil Ô” is a work with power to both inform and judge its viewers.

   An African in Paris, Fighting to Preserve His Dignity

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8. thecinematheque.ca › films › 2021The Cinematheque / Soleil Ô

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   Laced with deadly irony and righteous anger, Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant (Robert Liensol) as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job and cultural enrichment—but soon discovers a hostile society in which his very presence elicits fear and resentment.