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)
2024-02-18
Algeria, France
91 Min.
PG-13
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.
Cast
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Ramée
The Hospital Director
Mr. Charef
The Head Nurse
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Nouï
Josie Fanon
The Police Commissioner
The Survivor
The Locked Up