#  Mamadou Dia 

Academic Year 2026-2027

Black Film Project Fellow

 

 

 



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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.