Manthia Diawara
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).
Filmography
AI: African Intelligence
2023
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A Letter from Yene
2022
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Praise Song
2021
as Self
An Opera of the World
2017
as Himself
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Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
2017
as Self
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Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
2017
as Self
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Rouch in Reverse
1995
as himself
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
1994
as Self