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

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
2025
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
⏱️ 91 min
📅 Released
🌐 AR
HistoryDramaDocumentary
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Crew

Director
Abdenour Zahzah
Writer
Abdenour Zahzah
Producer
Abdenour Zahzah

Production

Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC

Keywords

biographyalgeriastruggle for independencefrantz fanonfrancafriquepanafricanismdjazairanti-imperialismoccidental opression