FANON
Special Features: U.S. Premiere | Intro by Dr. Marilyn Sephocle, Professor, World Languages and Cultures, Howard University, on Wed, June 11
Martinique-born psychiatrist Frantz Fanon arrives in Algeria in 1953, accompanied by his wife, Josie, having just been appointed as the chief medical officer at the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital. Influenced by the wide-reaching effects and racism of French colonialism that he witnesses, Fanon develops his own innovative treatment methods and attracts the wrath of his colleagues for his humanistic treatment of their Algerian patients. His anti-colonial convictions generate interest from the FLN (Algeria’s National Liberation Front), who offer him a chance to join their ranks. French citizens, Fanon and his wife are quick to be labeled traitors, but, caught in a vortex of violence, they take up the cause for Algerian independence. FANON is a powerful biopic from French filmmaker Jean-Claude Barny, who comes from Guadeloupean and Trinidadian origins. (Note adapted from Celluloid Dreams.) DIR/SCR Jean-Claude Barny; SCR Philippe Bernard; PROD Adrien Chef, Louise Genis-Cosserat, Yanick Létourneau, Sébastien Onomo, Paul Thiltges. France/Luxembourg/Canada, 2024, color, 133 min. In French and Arabic with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 133 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, June 07, 2025
Genre: Historical drama
