''Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins'' (''Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours'') is a 1974 French-Mauritanian film, written and directed by

Med Hondo Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid Hondo; 4 May 1935 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issu ...

. ''Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins'', a three-hour documentary, was Hondo's second feature-length film and his first colour feature. It opened with a 21-minute monologue in which a man, speaking directly to camera, expounded the history of cinematic representation in Africa.Marius Hrdy
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'', July–August 2019. As in his debut film, '' Soleil O'' (1970), Hondo addressed the racism encountered by African immigrants in France, and the continuities between

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and the

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exploitation of

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: The film won the Gold Tanit at the 1974 Carthage Film Festival.

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