Manthia Diawara
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).
Acting
Movie
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
as Self
1994
Movie
AI: African Intelligence
as Self
2023
Movie
A Letter from Yene
as Self
2022
Movie
Rouch in Reverse
as himself
1995
Movie
An Opera of the World
as Himself
2017
Movie
Praise Song
as Self
2021
Movie
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
as Self
2017
Movie
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
as Self
2017
Crew
Movie
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
Director
1994
Movie
Rouch in Reverse
Writer
1995
Movie
A Letter from Yene
Director
2022
Movie
AI: African Intelligence
Director
2023
Movie
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
Director
2009
Movie
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Producer
Movie
Conakry Kas
Director
2004
Movie
Maison Tropicale
Director
2008
Movie
An Opera of the World
Director
2017
Movie
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
Director
2015
Movie
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Director
2023
Movie
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
Director
2000