Manthia Diawara
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1953-12-19 · 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).
Filmography(8)
movieAI: African Intelligence
as Self · 2023 · 10.0
movieA Letter from Yene
as Self · 2022 · 7.0
moviePraise Song
as Self · 2021 · 0.0
movieAn Opera of the World
as Himself · 2017 · 0.0
movieManthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
as Self · 2017 · 0.0
movieManthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
as Self · 2017 · 0.0
movieRouch in Reverse
as himself · 1995 · 7.0
movieSembène: The Making of African Cinema
as Self · 1994 · 8.7