Manthia Diawara

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AI: African Intelligence
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AI: African Intelligence

Feb 18, 2023

AI: African Intelligence
2023 110 min 1 vues
It showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological frontiers known as Artificial Intelligence.
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A Letter from Yene
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A Letter from Yene

Jul 21, 2022

A Letter from Yene
2022 50 min 1 vues
In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and urbanisation. In conversation with the town’s community, Manthia Diawara explores how their lives contribute to the undermining of their shared environment.
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Rouch in Reverse
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Rouch in Reverse

Jan 01, 1995

Rouch in Reverse
1995 52 min 1 vues
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
An Opera of the World
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An Opera of the World

Jun 10, 2017

An Opera of the World
2017 71 min 1 vues
In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and Africa. The film revolves around a 2008 performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera, by Zé Manel Fortes with a libretto by Koulsy Lamko, in Bamako, around which Diawara builds a story about migration, interweaving interviews with documentary and archival footage. In the course of the film, one crosses into the world of opera from the tradition of sung wisdoms and sentiments, which has characterized West African culture for centuries. If opera is often understood as an über-European art form—the Gesamtkunstwerk invoked by Richard Wagner—Diawara chooses to meditate on its movement or migration as opposed to its expansion or totality. What happens when opera moves south, from Europe to Africa, just as so many people from that continent are moving north, in search of better lives?
Documentary
Rouch in Reverse
1

Rouch in Reverse

Jan 01, 1995

Rouch in Reverse
1995 52 min 1 vues
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
A Letter from Yene
7

A Letter from Yene

Jul 21, 2022

A Letter from Yene
2022 50 min 1 vues
In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and urbanisation. In conversation with the town’s community, Manthia Diawara explores how their lives contribute to the undermining of their shared environment.
Documentary
A Letter from Yene
7

A Letter from Yene

Jul 21, 2022

A Letter from Yene
2022 50 min 1 vues
In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and urbanisation. In conversation with the town’s community, Manthia Diawara explores how their lives contribute to the undermining of their shared environment.
Documentary
Conakry Kas
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Conakry Kas

Jan 01, 2004

Conakry Kas
2004 82 min 1 vues
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 citizens of Conakry were coping with globalization.
Documentary
Conakry Kas
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Conakry Kas

Jan 01, 2004

Conakry Kas
2004 82 min 1 vues
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 citizens of Conakry were coping with globalization.
Documentary
Maison Tropicale
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Maison Tropicale

Oct 03, 2008

Maison Tropicale
2008 58 min 1 vues
Mali born Manthia Diawara's documentary is a complement to Ângela Ferreira's artistic project on the Maison Tropicale by Jean Prouvé, which was shown at the Venice Biennale 2007.
Documentary
Maison Tropicale
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Maison Tropicale

Oct 03, 2008

Maison Tropicale
2008 58 min 1 vues
Mali born Manthia Diawara's documentary is a complement to Ângela Ferreira's artistic project on the Maison Tropicale by Jean Prouvé, which was shown at the Venice Biennale 2007.
Documentary
Rouch in Reverse
1

Rouch in Reverse

Jan 01, 1995

Rouch in Reverse
1995 52 min 1 vues
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
AI: African Intelligence
1

AI: African Intelligence

Feb 18, 2023

AI: African Intelligence
2023 110 min 1 vues
It showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological frontiers known as Artificial Intelligence.
Documentary
An Opera of the World
1

An Opera of the World

Jun 10, 2017

An Opera of the World
2017 71 min 1 vues
In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and Africa. The film revolves around a 2008 performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera, by Zé Manel Fortes with a libretto by Koulsy Lamko, in Bamako, around which Diawara builds a story about migration, interweaving interviews with documentary and archival footage. In the course of the film, one crosses into the world of opera from the tradition of sung wisdoms and sentiments, which has characterized West African culture for centuries. If opera is often understood as an über-European art form—the Gesamtkunstwerk invoked by Richard Wagner—Diawara chooses to meditate on its movement or migration as opposed to its expansion or totality. What happens when opera moves south, from Europe to Africa, just as so many people from that continent are moving north, in search of better lives?
Documentary
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
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Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

Feb 07, 2023

Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023 77 min 1 vues
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) by Manthia Diawara reflects on the life and work of the North American activist Angela Davis. Diawara’s camera follows Davis as she walks through a forest of giant sequoias, works in the garden or walks her dog, while reflecting on myriad issues, including ideas of freedom, resistance, rebellion, remaking our world, political blackness, radical black thought, music, (inter)nationalism, (Global South) feminism, abolition, the industrial prison complex, generational shifts, dialectics, contradiction, Africa, sexuality, desire and also friendship. The film is neither a biography nor a fictional narrative. Instead, Diawara’s footage, which is interspersed with relevant archival material, presents itself as a poetic compendium of Davis’s critical thinking and an inspiration for new imaginaries and new relations within an emergent new world.
Documentary
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
1

Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

Feb 07, 2023

Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
2023 77 min 1 vues
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) by Manthia Diawara reflects on the life and work of the North American activist Angela Davis. Diawara’s camera follows Davis as she walks through a forest of giant sequoias, works in the garden or walks her dog, while reflecting on myriad issues, including ideas of freedom, resistance, rebellion, remaking our world, political blackness, radical black thought, music, (inter)nationalism, (Global South) feminism, abolition, the industrial prison complex, generational shifts, dialectics, contradiction, Africa, sexuality, desire and also friendship. The film is neither a biography nor a fictional narrative. Instead, Diawara’s footage, which is interspersed with relevant archival material, presents itself as a poetic compendium of Davis’s critical thinking and an inspiration for new imaginaries and new relations within an emergent new world.
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