Manthia Diawara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 19, 1953, Bamako, Mali
- Movies
- 20
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).
Best-Known Movies
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994
A Letter from Yene
2022
AI: African Intelligence
2023
Rouch in Reverse
1995
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009
An Opera of the World
2017
Conakry Kas
2004
Maison Tropicale
2008
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
2000
Bamako Sigi-Kan
2002
Filmography
| 2023 | AI: African Intelligence | Self |
| 2022 | A Letter from Yene | Self |
| 2021 | Praise Song | Self |
| 2017 | An Opera of the World | Himself |
| 2017 | Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl' | Self |
| 2017 | Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret' | Self |
| 1995 | Rouch in Reverse | himself |
| 1994 | Sembène: The Making of African Cinema | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | AI: African Intelligence | Director |
| 2023 | Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom | Director, Writer |
| 2022 | A Letter from Yene | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | An Opera of the World | Director |
| 2015 | Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor | Director |
| 2009 | Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation | Director |
| 2008 | Maison Tropicale | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Conakry Kas | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | Bamako Sigi-Kan | Director |
| 2000 | Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon | Director |
| 1995 | Rouch in Reverse | Writer, Director |
| 1994 | Sembène: The Making of African Cinema | Director |
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