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Supported by The Walter Rodney Foundation & The Ameena Gafoor Institute
Walter Rodney: What they don’t Want you to Know, is an original circa 72-minute documentary featuring a murder, Cold War conspiracies, Black Power, the end of Empire, and how that connects to the policing and surveillance practices of today.
It reveals that Guyanese historian Dr Walter Rodney was under British security surveillance from the age of 19, after visiting Russia and Cuba while a student at UWI in Jamaica. He was seen as subversive both as an academic and as an activist who supported anti-colonial movements and civil rights. Rodney was assassinated in 1980 by the Guyanese regime put in power and supported by the British and Americans.
By the time of his death, he was under surveillance by at least five different nations. Shockingly, a British secret propaganda unit paid for a negative review of his major work.
It was only in 2021 that the Guyanese government accepted responsibility for the assassination.
WALTER RODNEY: WHAT THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW, will screen as part of the Opening Night program, the ones who shared their souls.
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**The film will also be available for viewing online from Oct 30 to Nov 3. Check our “How to Watch” page for step by step instructions.**
Directed by Daniyal Harris-Vajda and Arlen Harris.
Arlen, is an award-winning programme maker with over 30 years’ experience in print, TV and radio working mainly for British television for World in Action, Panorama and Dispatches. He has made a film on Guiness the beer and the family. He has filmed with pirates in the South China seas, in Beirut and in Sri Lanka during the civil war.
Daniyal, currently works as a Development Producer at Ratchet Productions creating a slate of ideas to pitch to commissioners. Prior to this he was working as an Assistant Producer, Cameraman and Editor at Noah Media Group, documentaries he worked on have been shown on ITV, Netflix, France’s Canal Plus and ‘Arsene Wenger: Invincible’ had a cinematic release. He also worked on ‘South of the River’ a three-part series about why South London is producing so much football talent in the face of twelve years of austerity. It has been nominated for best TV series at the Broadcast Sports Awards 2022.
Directed by Daniyal Harris-Vajda and Arlen Harris.
Arlen, is an award-winning programme maker with over 30 years’ experience in print, TV and radio working mainly for British television for World in Action, Panorama and Dispatches. He has made a film on Guiness the beer and the family. He has filmed with pirates in the South China seas, in Beirut and in Sri Lanka during the civil war.
Daniyal, currently works as a Development Producer at Ratchet Productions creating a slate of ideas to pitch to commissioners. Prior to this he was working as an Assistant Producer, Cameraman and Editor at Noah Media Group, documentaries he worked on have been shown on ITV, Netflix, France’s Canal Plus and ‘Arsene Wenger: Invincible’ had a cinematic release. He also worked on ‘South of the River’ a three-part series about why South London is producing so much football talent in the face of twelve years of austerity. It has been nominated for best TV series at the Broadcast Sports Awards 2022.