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

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.

Country:

Algeria,

France

Genre:

History,

Drama,

Documentary

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

2025

Director:

Abdenour Zahzah

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Company:

Atlas Film Production,

Shellac Sud,

CADC

Cast:

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)

Dr. Ramée

The Hospital Director

Mr. Charef

Crew:

Director

Writer

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Gaffer