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Manthia Diawara |
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Manthia
Diawara’s documentary films include the widely
acclaimed Rouch in Reverse (1995), Diaspora Conversation
(1999), Bamako Sigi Kan (2001) and Conakry Kas (2004).
He is the founder and editor of Black Renaissance/Renaissance
Noire, a bilingual review that publishes essays,
fiction, reviews and artwork relating to Africa
and the Black Diaspora. He has published several
books on Black culture, film, and literature including:
African Cinema: Politics and Culture (1992), Black
American Cinema (1993), In Search of Africa (1998),
and his memoir We Won’t Budge (2003), an account
of his life, which began in the west African country
of Mali.
Mr. Diawara is currently a Professor of Comparative
Literature and Film, and Director of the Institute
of African American Affairs at New York University.
In 1998-99, he was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa visiting
lecturer fellowship; and in 2001 he was distinguished
Professor at the School of Criticism (Cornell University).
He has received grants from the Ford Foundation,
Rockefeller Foundation, ARTE/ZDF, and the Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Arts. He has also served as distinguished
lecturer at Princeton University, Harvard, Cornell,
Stanford University, and the Ecoles des Hautes Etudes
en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He has published articles
on literature, film, and art in scholarly and popular
magazines.
Program: Life Sentence
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