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Fanon yesterday, Today

Who was Frantz Fanon and what is his legacy today? From yesterday to today, filmmaker Hassane Mezine turns his camera towards women and men who knew and shared privileged moments with the “flint warrior”, as per the beautiful formula by Aime Cesaire, in the course of the struggle, but also in family and friendly intimacy.

Fanon died on December 1961, yet his thoughts irrigate numerous lands of struggle across the globe. What views on the thinker and the man of action do those who are engaged today on different fronts against injustice and the arbitrary bear?

The director brings the viewer on a journey from the homeland to the foci of political and social struggles passing through the land where Fanon is buried.
In the north and in the south of the world, activists speak about their struggles and testify about their relationships to Frantz Fanon. The transmission is thus established between the historical dimension and the diverse contemporary spaces swept by the Fanonian breath.

  • Hassane MEZINE
    Director
  • Hassane MEZINE
    Writer
  • Tengout Prod
    Producer
  • Cornel West
    Key Cast
  • Samah Jabr
    Key Cast
  • Lilyan Kesteloot
    Key Cast
  • Raphael Confiant
    Key Cast
  • Olivier Fanon
    Key Cast
  • Houria Bouteldja
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Fanon hier, aujourd'hui
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    History, Politics, Psychiatry, Racism, Colonialism, Frantz Fanon
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 26 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 17, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Algeria
  • Country of Filming:
    Algeria, Colombia, France, Martinique, Niger, Palestine, State of, Portugal, South Africa, United States
  • Language:
    Arabic, English, French
  • Shooting Format:
    HDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Santiago de Cuba
    Cuba
    March 8, 2019
    Latin America Première
    Best Screenplay, Best Director
Distribution Information
  • Vimeo
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Video on Demand
  • Tengout Prod
    Distributor
    Country: France
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Hassane MEZINE

Born in 1972, Hassan Mezine is a professional photographer with 10 years of experience as an educator in digital photography and multimedia. In 2004 he enriches his technic by participating in the shooting of the movie ” Algeria Twists/Turns” by Leila Morouche and Oriane
Brun-Moschetti, and in the company of René Vautier the dauntless anti-colonial filmmaker. This experience marks a turn in his work.

In 2015, he starts his first documentary “ Fanon yesterday, today”.

In 2016, he works as director of photography for “ Delou” a tv series in 52 episodes made in Niger in Hausa language by Souleymane Mahamane. In between projects he continues to work on his documentary.
From 2018, Hassane has been travelling across France, Europe, north Africa, north America, south America and the French caribbean to present his documentary “ Fanon yesterday, today” in cinemas, community centers and universities.

in 2021, he is appointed president of the jury of the Festival Courts Derrière on the Reunion Island.

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