Manthia Diawara
Directing
- Born
- December 19, 1953 (age 72) · Bamako, Mali
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 World in Relation (2010), Maison Tropicale (2008), Rouch In Reverse (1995), AI: African Intelligence (2023), and Angela Davis: A World of Wider Freedom (2024).
Known for
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
January 1, 1994
A Letter from Yene
July 21, 2022
Rouch in Reverse
January 1, 1995
AI: African Intelligence
February 18, 2023
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
April 18, 2009
Conakry Kas
January 1, 2004
Maison Tropicale
October 3, 2008
An Opera of the World
June 10, 2017
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
January 1, 2000
Bamako Sigi-Kan
January 1, 2002
Behind the camera13
- 2023AI: African Intelligence Director
- 2023Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom Director, Writer
- 2022A Letter from Yene Director, Writer
- 2017An Opera of the World Director
- 2015Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor Director
- 2009Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation Director
- 2008Maison Tropicale Director, Writer
- 2004Conakry Kas Director, Writer
- 2002Bamako Sigi-Kan Director
- 2000