True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
2024-02-18
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1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
Director
Abdenour Zahzah
Writer
Abdenour Zahzah
Assistant Director
Assia Benaissa
Director of Photography
Aurélien Py
Gaffer
Mohamed Amine Bendali
Editor
Abdenour Zahzah
biography algeria struggle for independence frantz fanon francafrique panafricanism djazair anti-imperialism occidental opression
Status
ReleasedCountries
- Algeria
- France
Companies
- Atlas Film Production
- Shellac Sud
- CADC
