Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 70 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DocumentaryDrama
Explores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born in Martinique, educated in Paris and worked in Algeria. Examines Fanon's theories of identity and race, and traces his involvement in the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria and throughout the world.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

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Cast

Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Self (Archive footage)
Amir M. Korangy
Amir M. Korangy
Male Nurse
Al Nedjari
Al Nedjari
Algerian Patient
Halima Daoud
Halima Daoud
Woman in the Marquis
Joey Attawia
Joey Attawia

Crew

Director
Isaac Julien
Writer
Isaac Julien, Mark Nash
Producer
Rodney Wilson, Mark Nash

Production

Illuminations Television, Normal Films, Arts Council of England, BBC, INA

Keywords

algerian war (1954-62)freedom fightersanti-colonialismfrantz fanonpanafricanism