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).

Known For

Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

An Opera of the World

AI: African Intelligence

A Letter from Yene

All Movies (8)

• AI: African Intelligence2023 · as Self
• A Letter from Yene2022 · as Self
• Praise Song2021 · as Self
• An Opera of the World2017 · as Himself
• Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'2017 · as Self
• Manthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'2017 · as Self
• Rouch in Reverse1995 · as himself
• Sembène: The Making of African Cinema1994 · as Self