 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1960, Hondo akatanga kutora mabasa madiki paterevhizheni nemumafirimu. Akatanga kudzidza basa rokugadzira firimu nokucherechedza nokungwarira basa ravamwe, uye akatanga kuwana basa shure kwekamera. Akatanga kushanda pafirimu rake rokutanga, Soleil O, muna 1965. Yakagadzirwa nemari inosvika 30,000, yakabhadharwa nebasa raHondo rokududzira mafirimu okuAmerica muchiFrench. Soleil O yakaridzwa mukati meInternational Critics Week pa1970 Cannes Film Festival, kwayakagamuchirwa nevatsoropodzi. Yakagamuchira mubairo weGolden Leopard pa1970 Locarno International Film Festival. Muna 1981 aive nhengo yejury pa12th Moscow International Film Festival. 