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

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.

Genre:

History, Drama, Documentary

Duration:

91 min

Cast:

Alexandre Desane, Frantz Fanon, Gérard Dubouche

Quality:

HD

Director:

Abdenour Zahzah

Release:

2025

Country:

Algeria, France

Rating:

6.0