Mamadou Dia

Academic Year 2026-2027
Black Film Project Fellow
Mamadou Dia looking at the camera

Mamadou Dia is a Senegalese filmmaker whose work explores politics, religion, and memory through intimate stories rooted in his community. A Guggenheim and Creative Capital Fellow, his debut feature, Baamum Nafi (2019), won the Best First Feature Award at Locarno and was Senegal’s official Oscar entry. Dia’s second feature, Demba (2024), premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

Fellowship Project

Dia will be at work on his third feature, Augustus, inspired by the life of 19th-century African American daguerreotypist Augustus Washington.