Author: Lydie Diakhaté
Film Producer & Director, Curator for Art Programs, and Art critic
Lydie Diakhaté is a Film Producer and Curator for art exhibitions and cultural programs. She produces and disseminates African and African Diaspora films and other arts. Co-founder of the Real Life Documentary Festival in Accra from 2006 to 2011, she has worked with prestigious partners from Europe, Africa and the US.
Real Life Documentary 2009
Real Life Documentary Festival 2008
REAL-LIFE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: A PAN-AFRICAN FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS 3rd Edition: May 31st to June 6th 2008, in Accra and Kumasi We are one of a few festivals that provide a forum for documentary films and filmmakers who focus on African and African-diasporic themes. Our objective is to stimulate Africans to document their own histories… Continue reading Real Life Documentary Festival 2008
Real Life Documentary Festival 2007
Real Life Documentary Festival: A pan-African Festival of Documentary Films Following a highly successful first annual Real Life Documentary Film Festival in Accra in Ghana in May 2006, to which several filmmakers and organizations gave their support, the organizers of the festival hereby propose an other event scheduled for June 2nd--8th 2007. We intend to strengthen… Continue reading Real Life Documentary Festival 2007
Real Life Documentary Festival 2006
Real Life 2006 REAL LIFE: A PAN-AFRICAN FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN ACCRA A MESSAGE FROM THE PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS We collectively welcome you to our first Real-Life Documentary Film Festival. This initiative is part of alarger project by a newly formed archival and documentation project called the West African DocumentaryForum. We hope to encourage people to use the documentary medium to produce films for educational and cultural purposes. During this week you will see varieties of films exploring the lives, histories and situations of people of African descent in Africa and the rest of the world. Our program targets both young and older people, filmmakers and potential ones, as well as spectators forwhom we want to make watching documentaries a part of their visual culture. The program has high schoolstudents in… Continue reading Real Life Documentary Festival 2006
EDOUARD GLISSANT: LA TRAVERSÉE DE L’ATLANTIQUE (2011, 15 min.)
EDOUARD GLISSANT: LA TRAVERSÉE DE L’ATLANTIQUE (15 min., 2011) Un film documentaire réalisé par Manthia Diawara Synopsis Dans ce court-métrage,Manthia Diawara nous délivre la pensée d’Edouard Glissant sur la traite des esclaves et ses ramifications dans la philosophie… Continue reading EDOUARD GLISSANT: LA TRAVERSÉE DE L’ATLANTIQUE (2011, 15 min.)
Edouard Glissant : un monde en relation (2010, 51min)
Edouard Glissant : un monde en relation Un film documentaire réalisé par Manthia Diawara (51 min., 2010) Manthia Diawara a suivi Edouard Glissant sur le Queen Mary II, pour une traversée de l’Atlantique entre South Hampton (UK) et Brooklyn (New York) ainsi qu’à la Martinique, pays natal d’Edouard Glissant. Voyages exceptionnels qui se sont traduits… Continue reading Edouard Glissant : un monde en relation (2010, 51min)
“Maison Tropicale“ (2008, 58min)
“Maison Tropicale“ (2008, 58min) Un film documentaire réalisé par Manthia Diawara Synopsis A la fin des années 1940, le designer et architecte Jean Prouvé dessina trois « Maisons Tropicales » préfabriquées, en aluminium, pour loger les administrateurs des colonies Françaises en Afrique. Une des maisons a été envoyée à Niamey, au Niger, et les deux autres à… Continue reading “Maison Tropicale“ (2008, 58min)
“Conakry kas” (2004, 83min)
“Conakry kas” (2004, 83min) . Documentary Film Golden Dhow, 1er Prix, Zanzibar International Film Festival 2004 . Meilleur documentaire TV, 1er Prix Fiction&Documentaire, FESPACO 2005 Un film documentaire réalisé par Manthia Diawara Synopsis Dès 1958, année d’indépendance de la Guinée, la révolution culturelle mise en place par Sékou Touré, premier président de la République de… Continue reading “Conakry kas” (2004, 83min)
“Malick Sidibé, photographe” (2003, 18’)
“Malick Sidibé, photographe” (2003, 18’) Un film documentaire réalisé par Manthia Diawara Synopsis Portrait du photographe Malien qui depuis a reçu pour l'ensemble de son œuvre, trois prix prestigieux : l’Hasselblad Award (2006), le Lion d'or de la Biennale de Venise (2007) et l’ICP Award (International Center of Photography, New York) (2008).
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