Manthia Diawara
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday19 December 1953 (72 years old)
Place of birthBamako, Mali
Known credits16
Biography
Manthia Diawara is a Malian writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist, scholar, and art historian. His essays on art, cinema, and politics have appeared in The New Times Magazine, LA Times, Libération, Mediapart, and Artforum. He is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: In Search of Africa (Harvard University Press, 2000) and We Won’t Budge: An African in the World (Basic Books, 2008). He has published several books on African and African American cinema. Diawara’s notable films include An Opera of the World (2017), Negritude: A Dialogue between Soyinka and Senghor (2016), Édouard Glissant: One Worl…
AI: African Intelligence
2023 · Self
AI: African Intelligence
2023 · Director
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023 · Director
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023 · Writer
A Letter from Yene
2022 · Self
A Letter from Yene
2022 · Director
A Letter from Yene
2022 · Writer
Praise Song
2021 · Self
An Opera of the World
2017 · Himself
An Opera of the World
2017 · Director
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
2017 · Self
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
2017 · Self
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
2015 · Director
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009 · Director
Maison Tropicale
2008 · Director
Maison Tropicale
2008 · Writer
Conakry Kas
2004 · Director
Conakry Kas
2004 · Writer
Bamako Sigi-Kan
2002 · Director
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
2000 · Director
Rouch in Reverse
1995 · himself
Rouch in Reverse
1995 · Writer
Rouch in Reverse
1995 · Director
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994 · Self
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994 · Director
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Producer
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