Celebrate Juneteenth 2024 Festivities
In celebration of the Juneteenth holiday and Black Music Appreciation Month, we are featuring an array of activities and screenings.
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True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century
Set in 1953 at a psychiatric clinic in Blida, Algeria, and shot on location, the film follows Frantz Fanon (Alexandre Desane) as he is appointed head doctor. With filmmakers Abdenour Zahzah and François Pain in person.
Shorts Program: Captive Feast
This selection of films highlights the role of art in counteracting experiences of isolation and alienation for those struggling with mental illness inside and outside of psychiatric institutions.
The Potential History of Francesc Tosquelles, Catalonia and Fear
Mireia Sallarès's multifaceted, experimental, and speculative portrait of Francesc Tosquelles, the politicized psychiatrist who worked with the precarious and unexpected, using film and the arts in his practice. With Sallarès and AFAM exhibition co-curator Joana Masó in person.