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)
February 18, 2024
History, Drama, Documentary
1h 31m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Abdenour Zahzah
- Frantz Fanon Alexandre Desane
- Self (archive footage) Frantz Fanon
- Dr. Ramée Gérard Dubouche
- The Hospital Director Nicolas Dromard
- Mr. Charef Omar Boulakirba
- The Head Nurse Catherine Boskowitz
- Juliette/Cléopâtre Amal Kateb
- Nouï Rachid Benallal
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Keywords
- biography
- algeria
- struggle for independence
- frantz fanon
- francafrique
- panafricanism
- djazair
- anti-imperialism
- occidental opression