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Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins

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'''''Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins''''' (''Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours'') was a 1974 French-Mauritanian film, written and directed by [[Med Hondo]].

''Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins'', a three-hour documentary,<ref>''Cultural Events in Africa'', Vol. 106 (1974), p.4</ref> was Hondo's second feature-length film and his first colour feature.<ref>Tambay Obenson, [https://ift.tt/2Te6e3U Med Hondo, the Firebrand Pioneer of African Cinema, Dies], ''[[IndieWire]]'', 3 March 2019.</ref> It opened with a 21-minute monologue in which a man, speaking directly to camera, expounded the history of [[cinema of Africa|cinematic representation in Africa]].<ref>Marius Hrdy, [https://ift.tt/34XXa4p About Some Meaningful Events: African Cinema and 50 Years of FESPACO], ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'', July-August 2019.</ref> As in his debut film, ''[[Soleil O]]'' (1969), Hondo addressed the racism encountered by African [[immigrants in France]], and the continuities between [[slavery]] and the [[postcolonial]] exploitation of [[migrant labour]]:
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The film won the Gold Tanit at the 1974 [[Carthage Film Festival]].<ref name="Russell1998"></ref>

==References==


[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:Mauritanian films]]


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