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