Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1996)
Explores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born in Martinique, educated in Paris and worked in Algeria. Examines Fanon's theories of identity and race, and traces his involvement in the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria and throughout the world.
Director:
Isaac Julien
Writers:
Isaac Julien, Mark Nash.
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Colin Salmon as Frantz Fanon |
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Frantz Fanon as Self (Archive footage) |
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Mohammed Harbi as Self |
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Françoise Vergès as Herself |
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Amir M. Korangy as Male Nurse |
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Al Nedjari as Algerian Patient |
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Joey Attawia as |
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Stuart Hall as Himself |
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Halima Daoud as Woman in the Marquis |
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Noirin Ni Dubhgaill as Fanon's Companion |
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Rachida Rahal as Woman in the Marquis |
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Ana Ramalho as French Woman |
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John Wilson as French Policeman |
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Lavanne Carlos as |
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Suzanne Carney as |
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Zeina Carrington as |
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Sally Craddock as |
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Ouifak Gouja as |
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Hadj Abdelhamid as |
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Homi K. Bhabha as Himself |
| Directing | Isaac Julien | Director |
| Writing | Isaac Julien | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mark Nash | Screenplay |
| Sound | Tunde Jegede | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gladstone Reid Paul | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ahmed Bennys | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Conor Connolly | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nina Kellgren | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kyle Kibbe | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rodney Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Craig Paull | Line Producer |
| Production | Mark Nash | Producer |
| Production | Karima Ladjimi | Line Producer |
| Production | Grischa Duncker | Line Producer |
| Editing | Robert Hargreaves | Editor |
| Editing | Justin Krish | Editor |
| Editing | Nick Thompson | Editor |
| Production | Puneet Sira | Casting |
| Art | Mick Hurd | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Curtis-Jones | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magdalena García | Costume Design |