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Remembering Frantz Fanon: French biopic on anticolonial thinker filmed in Tunisia

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In Tunisia, the memory of the philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon is sometimes forgotten. After his exile from Algeria due to his anticolonial fight, he spent part of his life in Tunisia, where he worked in hospitals and wrote his best known book, “The Wretched of the Earth”. Filmmakers are now touring the country to trace the steps of Fanon, in a biopic that is reviving his memory. FRANCE 24’s Lilia Blaise and Hamdi Tlili report.

Added on the 19/09/2023 14:18:40 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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