{"product_id":"soleil-o-paperback","title":"Soleil Ô - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Tsika\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMed Hondo's debut feature, \u003ci\u003eSoleil Ô\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), 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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. Tsika 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Tsika \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Film and Media Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. His books include \u003ci\u003eNollywood Stars: Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eTraumatic Imprints: Cinema, Military Psychiatry, and the Aftermath of War\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eScreening the Police: Film and Law Enforcement in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eCinematic Independence: Constructing the Big Screen in Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) and African Media in an \u003ci\u003eAge of Extraction: Nollywood Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e (2025). He has published widely on the representational, infrastructural and corporate relationships between Hollywood and Nollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090181280051,"sku":"9781839029592","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BjLjq9KcgS9781839029592.webp?v=1789602612","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/soleil-o-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}