Directing
Manthia Diawara
EN cinema · 16 credits
Born
19 December 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
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).
Known for
Filmography
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Producer
AI: African Intelligence
as Self, Director
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Director, Writer
A Letter from Yene
as Self, Director, Writer
An Opera of the World
as Himself, Director
Maison Tropicale
Director, Writer
Conakry Kas
Director, Writer
Rouch in Reverse
as himself, Writer, Director
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
as Self, Director