Manthia Diawara
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-12-19 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Also known As
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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), Rou...
Acting
2023
as Self
2022
as Self
1995
as himself
2017
as Himself
2021
as Self
Production
1995
as Writer
2022
as Director
2022
as Writer
2004
as Director
2004
as Writer
2008
as Director
2008
as Writer
1995
as Director
1994
as Director
2023
as Director
2017
as Director
2009
as Director
2023
as Director
2023
2000
as Director
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