Black looks/black light: Med Hondo's Lumiere Noire
Black looks/black light: Med Hondo's Lumiere Noire
While 'the gaze' and 'the look' are familiar concepts in film studies, the idea of a postcolonial Black Gaze is more unusual and potentially more problematic. In dialogue with a range of theorists from both film and postcolonial studies, this article analyzes in detail one film by the radical African film maker Med Hondo which highlights the problems of looking. Renowned as a 'difficult' director, Hondo's first foray into more mainstream film making presents its own array of difficulties in its representation of the hidden face of the contemporary African diaspora.
CITATION: Patrick Williams. Black looks/black light: Med Hondo's Lumiere Noire . : Taylor & Francis Group , . Journal of African Cultural Studies, Volume 21, Issue 1, June 2009, Pages 33 - 42 - Available at: https://library.au.int/black-looksblack-light-med-hondos-lumiere-noire-3