InScience on Tour: Frantz Fanon

When Frantz Fanon became chief psychiatrist at this French colonial institution in Algeria, he refused to treat his patients as objects. During his tenure, care became an act of resistance. But what exactly did that colonial resistance look like? How did Fanon's background influence his pursuit of a radical practice based on dignity, humanity, and emancipation?

After the film, writer and film critic Vamba Sherif will provide more context regarding Fanon's life and highlight his legacy, which continues to influence decolonial practices and liberation movements to this day. Vamba Sherif is a writer, essayist, film critic, and lecturer in African literature at Leiden University. Sherif's work includes journalistic activities, essays, stories, film reviews, columns, and opinion pieces, published in many languages ​​in publications including The New York Times, Kulturaustausch, African Writing, Trouw, de Volkskrant, NRC, and ZAMG-Magazine. Together with Ebissé Rouw, he compiled Zwart in 2018, a unique anthology of Afro-European literature from the Low Countries. In 2021, he published his memoirs Ongekende liefde, in which he shares his life story through letters to his ten-year-old daughter Bendu. Together with Martijn Lindeboom, he compiled the short story collection De komeet.

InScience International Science Film Festival Nijmegen is one of the largest science film festivals in Europe. The program consists of an overview of the best science films of the year. InScience takes place every spring in Nijmegen, but the festival also tours the country with the best films from the previous edition. This year, too, the Forum has a full InScience On Tour program featuring the three top films. After each screening, scientists and the audience engage in discussion to share new insights.