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The True Chronicles Of The Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital From The Last Century When Dr Frantz Fanon was Head of Fifth Ward Between 1953 & 1956/ special presentation

Sunday, September 28, 2025 | 5:30 pm

In 1953, colonized Algeria, Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, was appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital.


Event Details

Date: September 28, 2025

Time: 5:30 pm

Category : Screening

Organizer: TTFF

Venue: 4DX Cinema

One Woodbrook Place
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Ticket price: $60

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Film Details

In 1953, colonized Algeria, Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, was 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 Algiers School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.

Film page: The True Chronicles Of The Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital From The Last Century When Dr Frantz Fanon was Head of Fifth Ward Between 1953 & 1956

Director: Abdenour Zahzah
Producer:
Language: French with subtitles
Year: 2024
Country: Algeria

Genre: Historical
Type: Narrative
Length: Feature
Runtime: 91