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Still from Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun), 1970.
Screening
South by South: Oh, Sun (Soleil Ô)
4 Oct 2023
Regular hours
- Wed, 04 Oct
- 19:00 – 21:00
Cost of entry
£6 / £4 Member / £4 Concession
Address
- 95A Rye Lane
- London
- SE15 4ST
- United Kingdom
South by South is a quarterly film screening at the South London Gallery. The programme, which is now in its thirteenth year, focuses on presenting cinema from Africa and the diaspora to audiences in the UK. South by South is programmed by Awa Konaté.
About
Mauritanian filmmaker Med Hondo’s Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun), 1970 is a critique of Western capitalism, anti-Blackness and the socio-political conditions that migrants face.
Combining faux-documentary, animation and comedy, the film tells the story of a man who moves to Paris. He is hopeful that he will find a better life in the city but soon realises that this is not the case. He experiences unemployment, bad living conditions, racism, capitalism and complicated immigration laws.
