CEREN x Society of Cinema:
Fanon Yesterday, Today
In January 2020 Museum of Impossible Forms & Society of Cinema collaborates with CEREN (The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism) and presents Hassane Mezine's Fanon hier, aujourd'hui (Fanon Yesterday, Today).
Country: Algeria/France
Year: 2018
Running Time: 87m
Language: Arabic, English and French with English subtitles
SCHEDULE
18:00 introduction to the event
18:15 screening of Hassane Mezine's Fanon, Yesterday, Today (2018)
19:45 discussion with Hassane Mezine
20:15 closing
About the film:
Fanon Yesterday, Today is a documentary about the legacy of Martiniquan intellectual, Frantz Fanon. Through the testimonies of his comrades and the people who knew him, Hassane Mezine explores Fanon’s eventful life and extraordinary struggles. The Caribbean intellectual died in 1961, yet the impact of his work is still tremendous on various social movements. The documentary examines the relevance of Fanonian thought in the context of contemporary revolts in South Africa, Palestine, Algeria and the United States.
Hassane Mezine is a French-Algerian photographer, whose film “Fanon yesterday, today” addresses the impact and legacy of psychiatrist, author and anti-colonial activist Frantz Fanon. The film engages both with a life history approach to Fanon and his work, and contemporary analysis of his relevance for anti-imperialist and anti-racist struggles all over the world. Family members, former colleagues, academics and activists provide their views on Fanon and the legacy of his thought in interviews that are conducted in a range of geographical areas, including France, Algeria, Palestine, South Africa, and the US.
The screening of the film (87 min) will be followed by a discussion between the director Hassane Mezine and the audience.
*On 22.1.2020 the film will also be screened at 12pm-3pm, Porthania II, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki; followed by a discussion between the director Hassane Mezine, artist-researcher Minou Norouzi (Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies) and curator-researcher Giovanna Esposito Yussif.
Link to the morning event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/775409392947463/
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