A very very Short Story of Nollywood

Conakry Kas

by Manthia Diawara


Director: Manthia Diawara
Production: Lydie Diakhaté, Moussa Diakité
Editing: Harry Kafka, Sikay Tang
Camera: Arthur Jafa,
Racine Harouna Keita
Sound: Jean-Paul Colleyn,
Cyril Jegou
Country: Mali
Year: 2003
Runtime: 82’
Colour, sound
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English

With Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael, Telivel Diallo, Danny Glover, Kouyaté Sory ‘Douga’ Kandia.

Best documentary Festival panafricain du cinema et de television FESPACO 2005 / Special Mention Zanzibar Film Festival 2007.

Faced with globalisation, how does Guinea’s capital Conakry emerge today? In 2003, Manthia Diawara and his friend, the actor Danny Glover, visit Conakry to explore what is left of the revolutionary movement that put Guinea at the forefront of the artistic and political stage of the 1960s.















































































































































































































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10–11 November 2026, 10h30–14h00

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Manthia Diawara

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14.11.2026

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The Space Between the Silences
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