Manthia Diawara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 19, 1953
- Place of birth
- Bamako, Mali
Biography
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).
Movies with Manthia Diawara
- Sembène: The Making of African Cinema 1994 · ★ 8.7
- A Letter from Yene 2022 · ★ 6.0
- AI: African Intelligence 2023 · ★ 10.0
- Rouch in Reverse 1995 · ★ 7.0
- An Opera of the World 2017
- Praise Song 2021
- Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl' 2017
- Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret' 2017
Movies directed by Manthia Diawara
- Sembène: The Making of African Cinema 1994 · ★ 8.7
- A Letter from Yene 2022 · ★ 6.0
- Rouch in Reverse 1995 · ★ 7.0
- AI: African Intelligence 2023 · ★ 10.0
- Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation 2009 · ★ 6.0
- Conakry Kas 2004
- Maison Tropicale 2008
- An Opera of the World 2017
- Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor 2015
- Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom 2023
- Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon 2000
- Bamako Sigi-Kan 2002