Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Synopsis
Digitally remastered in 2K through the BFI Unlocking Film Heritage programme.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Experimenta Strand - 2K Restoration World premiere
Details
- Year
- 1996
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 70 mins
- Director
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Isaac Julien
- Producer
- Mark Nash
- Editor
- Robert Hargreaves, Justin Krish, Nick Thompson
- Screenwriter
- Isaac Julien (screenplay), Mark Nash (screenplay)
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren, Ahmed Bennys
- Music
- Tunde Jegede, Paul Gladstone Reid
- Principal cast
- Colin Salmon, Al Nedjari, Ana Ramalho, Halima Daoud, Rachida Rahal, Noirin Ni Dubhgaill, Stuart Hall, John Wilson
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Tunisia, Martinique coproduction
A Normal Films (UK), Arts Council of England (UK), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Television (UK), Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (FR), Illuminations Television (UK) production
Normal Films
Mark NashSales Company
BFI Distribution
BFI21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
+44 (0)20 7957 8938/+44 (0)20 7957 8935
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