06/10/2026
Congratulations to TWN fiscal sponsoree, Rico Speight, on "Rediscovering Fanon" (2025) premiering in New York City.
"REDISCOVERING FANON" explores the enduring truths of race articulated by Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) — the revolutionary psychiatrist and anti-colonial thinker born in Martinique, educated in France, and practicing psychiatry in Algeria — whose writings inspired "The Battle of Algiers" and shaped the Black Panther Party. The film spotlights the peril of black lives under systemic racism in the United States and across the globe.
When: Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 2 PM
Expected Run Time: 135 minutes
Where: Symphony Space
Address: 2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York, NY 10025-6990
RSVP Here: https://buff.ly/AMgIxFT
RICO SPEIGHT is a filmmaker, producer-director, writer, and educator whose work spans film, television, and theater. His documentaries include "The People United," "Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?," "Where Are They Now?," and "New Generation." He has worked as a control room director at CUNY TV, NYU-TV, and WGBH-TV, and has taught film and television production, editing, aesthetics, and control-room directing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYU School of Professional Studies, Pratt Institute, Hunter College, City College of New York, Third World Newsreel, and the New York African Film Festival.
Third World Newsreel is a fiscal sponsor of "Rediscovering Fanon."
