Film Screening: An Opera of the World by Manthia Diawara
Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CaliforniaIn An Opera of the World, Malian filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and Africa. The film revolves around a performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera in Bamako, around which Diawara builds a story about migration, interweaving interviews with documentary and archival footage. An Opera of the World first premiered at dOCUMENTA 14 in Kassel, Germany.