BALLADE AUX SOURCES, Med Hondo’s first film, is a documentary about the journey of an African emigrant through his native land shortly after the independence of North Africa. This film allows us to glimpse the themes that are dear to Med Hondo: pan-Africanism and pre-colonial African history. It is presented as “restoration in progress” without sound, introduced by Annabelle Aventurin (cine-archives).
| Directing | Med Hondo | Director |
| Directing | Bernard Nantet | Director |
| Writing | Med Hondo | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Andre Laude | Writer |
| Crew | Bernard Nantet | Cinematography |
| Sound | Pierre Letailleur | Sound |
| Editing | Jeannine Cassette | Editor |
| Editing | Patrice Raynal | Editor |