Manthia Diawara
Directing
Born December 19, 1953 · 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).
Directed (11)
AI: African Intelligence
2023
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023
A Letter from Yene
2022
An Opera of the World
2017
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
2015
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009
Maison Tropicale
2008
Conakry Kas
2004
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
2000
Rouch in Reverse
1995
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994