FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN WHITE MASK - BLU-RAY

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by Isaac Julien

Starring celebrated British actor Colin Salmon (Arrow, Prime Suspect, Tomorrow Never Dies) as Fanon, and using reconstructions, archive footage and interviews with major theorists and writers (such as Stuart Hall, Françoise Vergès and Homi K Bhabha) Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask tells the story of the life and work of the highly influential anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon.

Together, artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (Looking for Langston, Young Soul Rebels) and curator and producer Mark Nash (Documenta 11) undertake an intellectual and poetic exploration of Fanon's life, influence and legacy, from his early years in Martinique (then a colony of France) to his professional life as a psychiatric doctor and revolutionary in Algeria during the bloody war of independence with France.

With the film having recently had its twentieth anniversary, and whilst we witness Arab uprisings, religious fundamentalisms and the so-called War on Terror , Fanon and his work are more pertinent than ever.

Special features

• Stills Gallery
• Between Two Worlds (Mark Nash, 1992, 27 mins)
• Extensive booklet with essays and film credits
• Downloadable PDF of extended essays and archive materials

UK | 1995 | 75 minutes | 1 x BD50 + 1 x DVD9 | Region free Blu-ray | Region 0 PAL DVD | Cert 15

Please note that the feature film is a 12 certificate but the extra Between Two Worlds has been classified 15