The true chronicles of the last century at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital, when Dr Frantz Fanon was head of the fifth ward between 1953 and 1956
2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Frantz Fanon’s birth. The Black psychiatrist and philosopher died at just 36, but his observations remain searingly topical.
The true chronicles of the last century at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital, when Dr Frantz Fanon was head of the fifth ward between 1953 and 1956 is set in colonised Algeria in 1953. Frantz Fanon works at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital where he tries to treat Algerians suffering from cultural alienation. At the same time, the war of independence is spreading and beginning to affect his department as well.
Courtesy of Shellac
Courtesy of Shellac
Courtesy of Shellac
Courtesy of Shellac
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Location
The 23
rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BrusselsLanguage
- French
- Subtitles: English
FR/DZ, 2024, DCP, 90'
