2008Nominee
Best Director
Maison Tropicale
Manthia Diawara
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Bamako, Mali
December 19, 1953
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), Rouch In Reverse (1995), AI: African Intelligence (2023), and Angela Davis: A World of Wider Freedom (2024).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2004Nominee
Best Director
Conakry Kas
2022Nominee
Best Performance
A Letter from Yene
Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Best Performance
AI: African Intelligence
2009Highlight
Best Director
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
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A Letter from Yene
AI: African Intelligence