An Opera of the World (2017): Cast

Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara explores the refugee crisis and the complex relationship between Europe and Africa through the lens of opera. The film centers on a 2008 performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera by Zé Manel Fortes with a libretto by Koulsy Lamko, staged in Bamako. Diawara interweaves interviews, documentary footage, and archival material to create a narrative about migration, examining what happens when opera, traditionally considered a European art form, journeys south to Africa, mirroring the movement of people from that continent towards the north.

• MD Manthia Diawara as themselves
• AK Alexander Kluge as themselves
• NL Nicole Lapierre as themselves
• FD Fatou Diome as themselves