Amsterdam UMC x Caribbean Creativity x Africadelic: Fanon (Special Screening)

🎥 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰! In collaboration with 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰, the 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝘆 at 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗠𝗖 is organizing a 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 of 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 (2024), a compelling biographical drama about 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘇 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻, directed by 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘆. The screening will take place on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, at 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬 at 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗨 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗼𝗲𝗻. Refreshments will be provided upon arrival, followed by introductions by 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗶 and 𝗘𝘃𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿. After the screening, attendees are warmly invited to join us at 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗲 for a drink and an informal discussion of the film. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄! 🙏🏿🖤✊🏿

𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗠𝗖: 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 (𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴)
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Time: 18:00-20:00
Venue: Rialto VU Griffoen
Address: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, Amsterdam
Title: 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻
Director: Jean-Claude Barny
Country: Algeria, France, Luxembourg, Canada, Belgium
Year: 2024
Length: 132′
Language: French and Arabic
Subtitles: English
Extra: With introductions by 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗶 and 𝗘𝘃𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
Extra: Presented by the 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝘆 at 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗠𝗖 in collaboration with 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰
Registration: https://bit.ly/fanon-amsterdam-umc-screening

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻
Fanon (2024) is a compelling biographical drama directed by Jean-Claude Barny, a French director of Guadeloupean and Trinidadian origin, that focuses on Fanon’s tenure at the Blida psychiatric hospital in Algeria during the 1950s. In 1953, the Martiniquan psychiatrist became the head of the hospital’s psychiatry department, where he treated both French soldiers and Algerian victims of torture and introduced innovative, patient-centered methods of psychiatric care. His progressive approach faced resistance from colleagues and the institution’s director. As the Algerian War of Independence intensified, Fanon’s commitment to decolonization led him to align with the National Liberation Front (FLN), deepening his involvement in the fight against colonial oppression.

The film’s narrative intertwines pivotal moments from Fanon’s earlier life in Martinique and France with contemporary scenes in Algeria, and ends with his untimely death from leukemia in 1961 at the age of 36 and his burial in Algeria, at a cemetery dedicated to fallen FLN fighters. His final book, The Wretched of the Earth, which he dictated from his hospital bed, was published shortly before his death and became a powerful manifesto for anti-colonial struggles around the world. Fanon, who would have become 100 in July 2025, remains a key intellectual figure in the field of postcolonial studies and current decolonization debates.