FRANZ FANON – PHILOSOPHER OF BARRIERS May 6, 2020 – Posted in: Books, Movie theater – Tags: DOCUMENTARY, FRANCIS FANON

FRANZ FANON – PHILOSOPHER OF BARRIERS is the title of the book about the life and work of the great psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary Frantz Fanon.

Fanon: Hier, Aujourd'hui (Fanon: Yesterday, Today), his documentary is called Hasan Mezin, for "philosopher of barriers» Frantz Fanon. It offers very important information about the life and work of the famous psychiatrist and revolutionary. He thus offers us a wordy but also very apt testimony of his top, radiant presence. The fascinating film consists of two parts: Yesterday and today.

His documentary Mezin weaves the eulogy of the political thinker Frands Fanon who died very young in 1961. However, the impact of his work is still enormous in various social movements. It offers important insights into his work and its ever-present impact on the fight against racism. Through the testimonies of his companions and the people who knew him, Mr Hasan Mezin explores Fanon's life and brave struggles.

A ground-breaking 87-minute film that sheds new light on the full range of Fanon's work. His teachings are still the bible of revolutionaries as well as the main axis for those engaged in the quest for decolonization. And this is because of the relevance of his thought in the context of contemporary uprisings in South Africa, Palestine, Algeria and the United States.

In this film, Mezin methodically and meticulously explores the timelessness of Fanon's work to this day. It follows the course of his life from his early involvement against Nazism, to his final struggle against colonialism.