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Melissa Chemam

Biopic explores the life and legacy of Frantz Fanon, a century after his birth

Alexandre Bouyer in the film 'Fanon' directed by Jean-Claude Barny, released in France on 2 April, 2025. © ® Eurozoom

Soldier, psychiatrist, philosopher... who was Frantz Fanon? A new film by director Jean-Claude Barny seeks to answer that question in a year that marks a century since the birth of one of the most influential figures in 20th-century anti-colonial thought.

Barny, who hails from Guadeloupe, said it was important to understand Fanon's Caribbean culture, his Western culture, his African culture, but also to view him as a man "capable of absorbing all cultures" – and of detaching himself from them too.

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