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).
Rouch in Reverse (Manthia Diawara, 1995) | Trailer
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2023FilmAI: African Intelligenceas Self2022FilmA Letter from Yeneas Self2021FilmPraise Songas Self2017FilmAn Opera of the Worldas Himself2017FilmManthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'as Self2017FilmManthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'as Self1995FilmRouch in Reverseas himself1994FilmSembène: The Making of African Cinemaas Self