Algeria and France / 2018 / 87mins / Biography, Documentary / Arabic, English and French

Fanon Yesterday, Today is a documentary about the legacy of Martiniquan intellectual, Frantz Fanon. Through the testimonies of his comrades and the people who knew him, Hassane Mezine explores Fanon’s eventful life and extraordinary struggles. The Caribbean intellectual died in 1961, yet the impact of his work is still tremendous on various social movements. The documentary examines the relevance of Fanonian thought in the context of contemporary revolts in South Africa, Palestine, Algeria and the United States.

Hassane Mezine

Born in 1972, Hassane Mezine is a professional photographer with over ten years of experience as an educator in digital photography and multimedia. In 2004, he participated in shooting of the film Algeria Twists/Turns by Leila Morouche and Oriane Brun-Moschetti, and the company of René Vautier the dauntless anti-colonial filmmaker. In 2015, he started his first documentary, Fanon Yesterday, Today. In 2016, he worked as director of photography on Delou, a 52-episode TV series made in Niger in the Hausa language, directed by Souleymane Mahamane. Learn More