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)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : February 18, 2024
Runtime : 91m
Genre : History, Drama, Documentary
Companies : Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC
Countries : Algeria, France
Keywords : biography, algeria, struggle for independence, frantz fanon, francafrique, panafricanism, djazair, anti-imperialism, occidental opression