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

2025-07-2391m14+

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:Alexandre Desane, Frantz Fanon, Gérard Dubouche, Nicolas Dromard, Omar Boulakirba, Catherine Boskowitz,

Genre:History, Drama, Documentary,

country:Algeria, France,

Production:Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC,

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