Manthia Diawara
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).
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 AI: African Intelligence2023 · Self, Director | Self, Director |
| AAngela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom2023 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 A Letter from Yene2022 · Self, Director, Writer | Self, Director, Writer |
| PPraise Song2021 · Self | Self |
 An Opera of the World2017 · Himself, Director | Himself, Director |
| MManthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'2017 · Self | Self |
| MManthia Diawara on 'Borom Sarret'2017 · Self | Self |
| NNégritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor2015 · Director | Director |
 Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation2009 · Director | Director |
 Maison Tropicale2008 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Conakry Kas2004 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
| DDiaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon2000 · Director | Director |
| RRouch in Reverse1995 · himself, Writer, Director | himself, Writer, Director |
 Sembène: The Making of African Cinema1994 · Self, Director | Self, Director |
| YYari Yari: Black Women Writers and the FutureProducer | Producer |