Manthia Diawara
Directing · Writer · Director · Producer
Born Dec 19, 1953 · Bamako, Mali
Active 1994–present
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.
Filmography
AI: African Intelligence (2023) — DirectorYari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future — ProducerSembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994) — DirectorRouch in Reverse (1995) — Writer · DirectorA Letter from Yene (2022) — Director · WriterÉdouard Glissant: One World in Relation (2009) — DirectorConakry Kas (2004) — Director · WriterMaison Tropicale (2008) — Director · WriterAn Opera of the World (2017) — DirectorNégritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor (2015) — DirectorAngela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) — Director · WriterDiaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon (2000) — Director