Manthia Diawara Movies
- 2023
AI: African Intelligence
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It showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological...
- 1994
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
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Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy,...
- 2009
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
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Manthia Diawara's film follows the Martinican thinker Édouard Glissant on a transatlantic journey as he discusses his philosophies of...
- 2022
A Letter from Yene
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In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and...
- 1995
Rouch in Reverse
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Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
- 2017
An Opera of the World
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In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and...
- 2015
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor02015HD
Based on archive material, Manthia Diawara organizes an imagined dialogue between Léopold Senghor, one of the founders of the concept of...
- 2023
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom02023HD
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) by Manthia Diawara reflects on the life and work of the North American activist Angela Davis....
- 2004
Conakry Kas
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In 2003, Manthia Diawara visited Guinea-Conakry to see what was left of the artists and intellectuals of the Guinean Cultural revolution, and how its...
- 2000
Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon
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Actor Danny Glover and director Manthia Diawara travel through West Africa from Goree to Dogon, creating conversations that link different sides and...
- 2008
Maison Tropicale
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Mali born Manthia Diawara's documentary is a complement to Ângela Ferreira's artistic project on the Maison Tropicale by Jean Prouvé,...