Director
Manthia Diawara
72 years · Bamako, Mali · 10 films
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 for
Filmography 10
AI: African Intelligence
2023 · Self, Director
A Letter from Yene
2022 · Self, Director
An Opera of the World
2017 · Himself, Director
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
2009 · Director
Maison Tropicale
2008 · Director, Writer
Conakry Kas
2004 · Director, Writer
Bamako Sigi-Kan
2002 · Director
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
2000 · Director
Rouch in Reverse
1995 · himself, Writer
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994 · Self, Director