Movie: 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

History
Drama
Documentary

Overview: 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.

Release Date: 2025-07-23

Rating: 6

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Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)

Gérard Dubouche

Dr. Ramée

Nicolas Dromard

The Hospital Director

Omar Boulakirba

Mr. Charef

Catherine Boskowitz

The Head Nurse