KCL Global Cultures Institute
BFI African Odysseys
in partnership with
Queen Mary University of London
present
A Med Hondo Study Day
Saturday 20 January, 2024
12.30 – 15.30: King’s College London, Bush House Lecture Theatre 2
16.30 – 19.15: BFI Southbank, NFT3
This dual-venue event, staged at King’s College London (KCL) and BFI Southbank, explores the work of Mauritanian-born filmmaker Med Hondo, one of the great chroniclers of the African diaspora. Hondo’s militant films directly intervened in ongoing migrant struggles, while contributing to the creation of African cinema, both on the continent and abroad. In his 1973 film manifesto Les Bicots-nègres vos voisins, Hondo asked, “What is cinema for us: the underdeveloped, the wageless, the disposable?” The practice he developed in response stands as a model for radical migrant and diasporic filmmaking today.
Speakers and panellists include Annabelle Aventurin (Non-Aligned Archives project); Imruh Bakari (June Givanni Pan-African Cinema Archive); poet and playwright Abdoul War; and Rosalind Galt (KCL). Organised by Erica Carter (KCL) and Nikolaus Perneczky (QMUL).
Further details and booking here. Please note that tickets for the BFI screening and panel must be booked separately here.