Our special guests, with Isaac Julien, are Joby Fanon, Frantz Fanon's brother, and Fanotte Fanon, his niece. This latest work by Isaac Julien is as visually captivating as it is intellectually stimulating, eloquently exploring the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing theorists of race, politics, and gender. Frantz Fanon is best known for the pioneering books Black Skin, White Mask and Wretched of the Earth. Born in Martinique in 1924, he received his psychiatric training in France, and there began to explore the concept of postcolonial identity. Fanon was to become deeply involved in the movement for Algerian independence. Using interviews, readings, and dramatic reenactments, Julien's film reveals the complexity of Fanon's elegant maneuvers between the personal and the political. With short: Train (Wellington Bowler, U.S., 1996), an experimental essay that explores memory, spirituality, and identity through the eyes of an African-American woman. (15 mins)