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.
Maumaus
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Upcoming:
Maumaus
Lecture | 24.06.2025 | 19h
The lecture will be in English. Entry is free and limited to the number of seats available.
Upcoming:
Howard Singerman
Local Art Worlds (or Imaginary Geographies with Real Effects)
Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Seminar | 24, 25, 26.06. 11h – 13h, 14h – 16h
Registration is free but limited to the number of seats available. Please send an email with a short CV to admin@maumaus.org by 15.06.2025. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. The seminar will be in English.
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Current:
In collaboration with Lumiar Cité:
Coumba Samba
deutschland
Kunstverein in Hamburg
24.05 – 10.08.2025
23.05 | 19h Opening of the exhibition
Maumaus/Lumiar Cité is funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes. With the support of Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and Junta de Freguesia do Lumiar.
