EVENTS

Manthia Diawara
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Sharjah Biennial
07.02. – 11.06.2023

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Manthia Diawara, Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom, 2023, film still

Produced by Lumiar Cité / Maumaus, Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom (2023) reflects on the life and work of the North American activist Angela Davis. Manthia 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.

Artist Biography

Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

A film by Manthia Diawara

Produced by Lumiar Cité / Maumaus

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation with major funding from the Mellon Foundation, co-commissioned by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary with the support of Centro Cultural de Belém Foundation, Lisbon, and Portuguese Ministry of Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts.