Manthia Diawara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 19, 1953
- 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).
Filmography
- Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future TBA
Producer
AI: African Intelligence 2023
as Self, Director
- Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom 2023
Director, Writer
A Letter from Yene 2022
as Self, Director, Writer
- Praise Song
Praise Song 2021
as Self
An Opera of the World 2017
as Himself, Director
- Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'
Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret' 2017
as Self
- Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl' 2017
as Self
- Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor 2015
Director
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation 2009
Director
Maison Tropicale 2008
Director, Writer
Conakry Kas 2004
Director, Writer
Bamako Sigi-Kan 2002
Director
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon 2000
Director
Rouch in Reverse 1995
as himself, Writer, Director
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema 1994
as Self, Director
Credits from TMDB.