{"product_id":"soleil-o-by-noah-tsika-9781839029592","title":"Soleil Ô","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMed Hondo’s debut feature, \u003ci\u003eSoleil Ô\u003c\/i\u003e (1970),\u003c\/b\u003e 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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTsika 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. In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48022054273260,"sku":"9781839029592","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839029592-soleil.jpg?v=1785287560","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/soleil-o-by-noah-tsika-9781839029592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}