Manthia Diawara Movies

  • 2023
    AI: African Intelligence

    AI: African Intelligence

    AI: African Intelligence

    02023HD

    It showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological...

    AI: African Intelligence
  • 2015
    Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor

    Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor

    Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor

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    Based on archive material, Manthia Diawara organizes an imagined dialogue between Léopold Senghor, one of the founders of the concept of...

    Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor
  • 1995
    Rouch in Reverse

    Rouch in Reverse

    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.

    Rouch in Reverse
  • 2009
    Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation

    Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation

    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...

    Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
  • 2004
    Conakry Kas

    Conakry Kas

    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...

    Conakry Kas
  • 1994
    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

    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,...

    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
  • 2022
    A Letter from Yene

    A Letter from Yene

    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...

    A Letter from Yene
  • 2008
    Maison Tropicale

    Maison Tropicale

    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,...

    Maison Tropicale
  • 2017
    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    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...

    An Opera of the World
  • 2023
    Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

    Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

    Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

    02023HD

    Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) by Manthia Diawara reflects on the life and work of the North American activist Angela Davis....

    Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom