An Opera of the World
by Manthia Diawara
Wednesday, 27 september - 8:30 PM
Théâtre Le 4ème Art
Lumiar Cité/Maumaus
Produced by Lumiar Cité/Maumaus (Portugal)
Core funding from the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, ZDF/3sat and documenta 14
Special thanks : Théâtre 4ème Art / Théâtre National Tunisien
Video
An Opera of the World is based on Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera, which narrates an eternal immigration drama. The opera, filmed in Bamako, in 2007, serves a mirror for Diawara to build an aesthetic and reflexive story, through song and dance, about the current and yet timeless drama of emigration between North and South, and refugee crises.
The film ponders about the realities of cultural encounters through the concepts of métissage and hybridity. The success and limits of fusing African and European perspectives are tested by interlacing performances from ‘Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera’, past and present archival footages of migrations, classic European arias and interviews with European and African intellectuals, artists and social activists.
▪ Talk with Manthia Diawara on the theme "On Blackness and Racism"
28 September 2023 at 11am
At the Caserne El Attarine
Free - in English, with French interpretation
Practical information
Théâtre Le 4ème Art (map)
27 September 2023 at 8:30pm
Languages: English with French subtitles
Duration
70 mins
Price information
Single price: 5 DT
Reduced rate: 3 DT for students & children < 12 years old
Free for residents of the medina upon presentation of an ID
