Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1997)

Directed by

Isaac Julien

Genre

biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary blends dramatized scenes and interviews to examine the life of Frantz Fanon. It focuses on his work as a psychiatrist and his ideas about race and colonialism.

thoughtfulsoberintrospectiveintimateseriousslowreflectivepoignant

What happens

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask is a 1997 docudrama film about the life of the martiniquais psychiatrist and civil rights activist Frantz Fanon (1925–1961). The film was directed by Isaac Julien. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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